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[Tophe]

Usually I don't like ship models but this pagoda one is gorgeous and crazy, I mean: marvelous!

[kerick]

He should get a degree in Japanese architecture. Fantastic work!

[perttime]

For some reason, the pagoda ship  makes me think of a ship that https://www.britannica.com/topic/Vasa-warship describes as "the mightiest warship of its time".


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)

[Dizzyfugu]

Waterworld if directed by Akira Kurosawa

[Nick]

Beautiful battleship model by Satoshi Araki that takes the 'pagoda superstructure' idea to it's logical extreme...

That's all the detail I have, I'm afraid. Posted on Twitter by Mothra P.I. here: https://twitter.com/Hardywolf359/status/1514935626864410624?s=20&t=HR-5onln62OSZ2uMRkjBWw

The Imperial Palace Afloat. For visiting the outer reaches of Japan's Empire in the East Pacific and West Indian Ocean....

[Old Wombat]

That's brilliant! However, I wonder if it's a battleship or aircraft carrier conversion? That seems to be a flight deck supporting the upper pagoda deck. Of course, it could be a bit of both but I'm not about to go researching Japanese WW2 warships right now.

[scooter]

That's brilliant! However, I wonder if it's a battleship or aircraft carrier conversion? That seems to be a flight deck supporting the upper pagoda deck. Of course, it could be a bit of both but I'm not about to go researching Japanese WW2 warships right now.

Looks like they took the Kaga and converted her into a floating palace.  So the answer to your question is "Both".

[Old Wombat]

That's brilliant! However, I wonder if it's a battleship or aircraft carrier conversion? That seems to be a flight deck supporting the upper pagoda deck. Of course, it could be a bit of both but I'm not about to go researching Japanese WW2 warships right now.

Looks like they took the Kaga and converted her into a floating palace.  So the answer to your question is "Both".

[PR19_Kit]

Looks like they took the Kaga and converted her into a floating palace.  So the answer to your question is "Both".

I figured the Kaga too. The flight deck always looked as if they'd slung it on the hull in a tearing hurry.

[scooter]

Looks like they took the Kaga and converted her into a floating palace.  So the answer to your question is "Both".

I figured the Kaga too. The flight deck always looked as if they'd slung it on the hull in a tearing hurry.

Nah, she had three flight decks in the early years of IJNAS operations, but as naval aircraft got larger and heavier, they went to one deck

Drach did a 5 minute guide on her IJN Kaga - Guide 255

[kitbasher]

Beautiful battleship model by Satoshi Araki that takes the 'pagoda superstructure' idea to it's logical extreme...

That's all the detail I have, I'm afraid. Posted on Twitter by Mothra P.I. here: https://twitter.com/Hardywolf359/status/1514935626864410624?s=20&t=HR-5onln62OSZ2uMRkjBWw

The Imperial Palace Afloat. For visiting the outer reaches of Japan's Empire in the East Pacific and West Indian Ocean....

A giant version of https://www.fengshang.co.uk/, moored on the Regent's Canal as it points north(ish) to Camden!

[kerick]

Looks like they took the Kaga and converted her into a floating palace.  So the answer to your question is "Both".

I figured the Kaga too. The flight deck always looked as if they'd slung it on the hull in a tearing hurry.

Nah, she had three flight decks in the early years of IJNAS operations, but as naval aircraft got larger and heavier, they went to one deck

Drach did a 5 minute guide on her IJN Kaga - Guide 255

So that's where they got the idea for the "aircraft carrier" on Space Battleship Yamato!

[tahsin]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemodelsphotography/albums/72157667532408032/page1

A modelmaker/photographer's work. I don't know most of them. Eagle, the sublaunched interceptor and the airliner with 2 or 3 from the recent Thunderbirds cartoon.

[Dizzyfugu]

Nice stuff! 

[jcf]

The aircraft carrier is the 'Akagi' rather than the 'Kaga'. The arrangement of the fwd. flight deck supports is one the identifiers. The main castle is the Doyusha 1/350th Osaka Castle which means the carrier model is most likely the Hasegawa 1/350th 'Akagi'.