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Great additions.

A very sad addendum to some of the drawings posted in this thread:

Craig Burke, AKA "Admiral Furashita" of "Furashita's Fleet" on combinedfleet.com passed away on 4 February 2013 after a long battle with prostate cancer. I corresponded with him quite a bit in my early days of IJN research, and he always had a kind and encouraging word for my enthusiasm. He shall be sorely missed by all IJN buffs and those of us who draw AU ships.

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Yes very sad news to lose such a great contributor and inspiration. He will be missed.

Oh wow! That's bad news indeed - his site was one of the first I stumbled across when I first became interested in naval ships back in 2007. Sad news.

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Furashita's Fleet got me interested in "Never-Were's" a good many years ago. Damn!

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Very sad news.

Indeed, very sad news. The first AU site I ever stumbled across was his Furashita's Fleet and he made a whole series of excellent model what-if aircraft and ships too with some really original concepts.

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I'm... lost for words.
You will be missed, Craig Burke.

sad news indeed, i really don't know what to say..
r.i.p.

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A great loss. Fare well, mr. Burke.

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