Posts:285 Joined: August 13th, 2011, 4:03 am
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There is not, only a description. Alvama drew John Watson's battleship Stalin with only a description so I remain hopeful that I will see Yonaga one day.
_________________ "All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. This I did." Thomas Edward Lawrence, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom
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It was the late Craig Burke, Admiral Furashita, who created the picture of Yonaga based on a combination of Shinano and Akagi. http://www.combinedfleet.com/furashita/yonaga_f.htm
The original novel just had a silhouette of Midway encased in an iceberg and later books in the series seemed to use images of existing carriers. Haven't read the book since the premise seems rather silly.
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The model lacks an offset flight deck which would be the ideal solution, still the Japanese naval architects would have been no strangers to stability issues
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Indeed, but if they can construct bridge pagodas like those of Fuso and Yamashiro and have them stay upright, then they probably could've overcome anything!
I'm going to further add that what Adm. Furashita did was a little more complex than a simple shop job. He at least knew a little bit what he was doing.