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Originally Posted by peabody
The interiors are German Uboats, they have not been changed to Japanese.
Peabody
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Because unlike their german counterparts, most of the intel on the interior comes from propaganda movies and a few pictures of the interior of midget subs and of the I-400 and I-14 series.
Most of the IJN subs were sunk during the war, none were kept in reparation : they were sunk off Sasebo in 1946
There is the movie Gochin (Type A1 submarine) from which I extracted sounds and the various gauges and compass you see, the periscope is a Type 88 periscope (view and 3d model) which I also made from photographs of IJN scopes and a through-view of a Kaiten periscope at Kure Museum in Japan.
I tried and set up IJN uniforms to no avail.
I am certain that they were studied thouroughly before sinking but I have proven unable to find detailed interior pictures and descriptions, the best I have are poor pictures of the US Navy mission to Japan 1946.
I have asked several times for our american friend to try and find intel and pictures for me, they must be public domain now, but noone has come forward.
keltos