Before the model can take shape!!

Before the model is continued and begins to take shape a thought process should go into how this model will be shaped, apart from the final project being fantasy based which was agreed in previous weeks this give the model more freedom into what it should look like as long as it has relation to its intended purpose so some research went into something rather unique but inspiration had to come from the original source and in this case its japanese battle ships and aircraft carriers. The Aircraft carrier called Shokaku came into interest not because of how the aircraft actually looked as the image below shows.

The thing that really became of interest from this ship is the english meaning which is 'Happy Crane'. This piece of information was particularly useful because since the project is fantasy based this then allowed for the ship which hasn't really taken on any shape to have a purpose and a meaning behind it. so basically the ship which is being created can be shaped as a crane in some way so that the ship has a meaning towards the japanese which can be explained and make sense into why the aircraft carrier was created.

since some inspiration has been acquired the next stage is what in particular parts should be implemented onto the model of the ship that have a relation to the japanese crane, from the images above you can see that there is not much to the crane that could be used as a symbol for the aircraft carrier, so further thought went into how this could be a success without making a completely irrelavant model. 

Another idea emerged from a previous film which is called the 'Avengers Assemble' which contains a flying aircraft carrier and its slightly different from other aircraft carriers because the control post is within the ship which gave an idea to this ship in similarity to this which is to have the front of the model as the head of a crane which will contain the command post for the aircraft carrier and some extra wings can be added to the model which wont be like crane wings but will make the model look as if its a bird.

from this thinking process now the model can be shaped so its fantasy based but has a meaning and purpose which is explainable and can be unique towards the project but still fit into the story line without going of the topic, further more since the aircraft carrier is part of the japanese side of the war and fantasy like this ship is perfect if shaped well enough.

before this post is concluded another important element which needs to be taken into account is that although this is an aircraft carrier it still needs some sort of defence because it will be carrying the planes towards the enemy destination what will be its defence in the traveling stage of the attack, this idea came around because the ship would look rather plain and boring so having some sort of defence will not only be beneficent but it would also give some detail towards the ship and since this is no ordinary ship no ordinary detail can go into it so a collage of potential guns has been added below which could be used for the ships defence system while traveling to its set destination.