Shipbucket

By the time the flight deck AA guns were installed, Junyo was mainly being used as an aircraft transport. I don't think she launched another aircraft from her flight deck after being damaged at Philippine Sea.

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Beyond incredible! These are just wonderful. Between you and BB1987 I can't decide who is the IJN carrier king!

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English Electric Canberra FD
Interwar RN Capital Ships
Super-Darings
Never-Were British Aircraft

Can't wait to see a redraw of the Shokaku-class or the Unryus...hope that appears soon!

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Another possibility might be that the single 25mm machine guns on the flight deck were dismountable mounts, i've got that impression because their placement is outlined with a darker shade on the flight deck.
Ibuki (my everlasting CV project ), for example, featured a foldable Type 21 radar right in the middle of the flight deck, just forward of the bow elevator.

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My Worklist
Sources and documentations are the most welcome.

-Koko Kyouwakoku (Republic of Koko)
-Koko's carrier-based aircrafts of WWII
-Koko Kaiun Yuso Kaisha - KoKaYu Line (Koko AU spinoff)
-Koko - Civil Aviation

for klagldsf:
Machine guns were removable, as he writes BB1987. These machine guns were installed yet prior to the battle of the Philippine Sea.

for Hood:
BB1987 drew more and better quality ships. He is INJ King

for emperor_andreas:
I'll draw Shokaku as soon as possible, but it'll take a while. Unryu draws Gollevainen

Terrific work.

Excellent work!

These are very nice designs.
Well done!

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May you sail to glory forever. *salutes*

I finished Junyo from 1942 and and I fixed the symbols of ships and other trifles. All updated drawings are in the first post this topic.

Very nice work!

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