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A masterpiece! Simply outstandig work BB1987!

Really great stuff.

What I think would be really interesting (have considered it myself) would be to provide a "blown up" version of the pagoda with each component labeled. I've often thought about doing this for my own stuff since a lot of detail can be lost at such a small scale.

Have you considered using a darker "hull red"? I'm not sure of the exact formula used by the IJN (obviously), but you might!

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I did a quick extra showing what purpose each deck of the 1925 Fuso pagoda was responsible for (it can be found a bunch of pages ago), which is of course it is not as detailed. Yet I indeed have enough sources to do what you are suggesting, it might only be a bit demanding, so I'll think about it once done with all the iterations of this class.
I've recently obtained the exact color formula used by the IJN for their underwater hulls, but I've not being able to recreate it yet. In case i might succed I'd implement it promptly!

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Awesome! Can't wait to see the rest.

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Wonderful...can't wait to Yamashiro

Absolutely friggin' awesome, man! The attention to detail is, well, it just is! I'm awed, you're a True Master, BB1987!

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Fuso as of 1938:

Between February 1937 and March 1938, again at Kure, Fuso underwent the first phase of her second modernization. Changes were:
-Removal of the second starboard anchor.
-Removal of the foremost casemate mounts.
-Fitting of a 10m rangefinder in place of the 8m one on top of the pagoda tower.
-Modifications of the RDF equipment with the fitting of a new platform on the pagoda.
-Replacement of the two quadruple 13mm machine guns fitted on the forward superstructure with four twin 25mm machine guns. Changes included the fitting of new larger platforms to hold them.
-Removal of the searchlight platform from the pagoda tower.
-Removal of the auxiliary 3.5m rangefinders on the forward superstructure, replaced by machine gun directors.
-Replacement of the two quadruple 13mm machine gun directors fitted abreast the funnel with four twin 25mm ones. changes included the fititng of new platforms.
-Fitting of new machine gun directors on both sides of the funnel.
-Partial replacement of the "Su-Shiki" searchlights with "92-shiki" ones (3 "Su-Shiki" fitted on the port-side of the funnel, 1 "Su-Shiki" and 2 "92-Shiki" on the starboard side).
-Shortening of the aft mast and fitting of a periscope on top of the aft main gun director
-Upgrade of the airwing from three Nakajima E4N to three Nakajima E8N.
-Landing of the 17m motor pinnaces.

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-Koko - Civil Aviation

Awesome level...overwhelming...cannot...take...it....

Great work!

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Nice work!

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