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I have doubts about those funnels fitting that prop setup and hull, and about the directors fitting those guns. not my era of expertise, but worth to check, I suppose?

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Fixed the problems BB1987 pointed out.

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These look splendid, as you say the superstructure fits very well. I dare you to put a battleship pagoda onto a CA now!

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Nah, not gonna happen...got other ships to plan now.

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Around 1940, the IJN had begun planning its next class of heavy cruisers, referred to as the 'Type A'. However, the Naval General Staff had several points of contention with the design, with the fact that the four quadruple torpedo tubes were placed at the very stern of the ship - right above the propellers - being at the top of the list. Due to the squabbling between the Naval General Staff and the Naval Construction Corps, the design was shelved with the outbreak of war, but in February 1942, it was pulled out of mothballs and looked over once again. The designers managed to fix the placement of the torpedo tubes, and finally the design was approved in March 1942. The first ship (Ibuki) was laid down in April 1942, with three sister ships commencing construction by September. By the time they began joining the fleet in late May 1944, they were welcome additions, for by that time the IJN had lost eight of its twenty pre-war heavy cruisers. With their four triple 8-inch turrets, the Ibukis were the most heavily-armed IJN CAs ever built.

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THese are all really great! Excellent job! Under my personal preferences I feel that the battlecruisers should have a bit bigger funnels and superstructure, but thats just me, still outstanding drawings.

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good job, that layout gets rid of the original aft placed torpedoes problem, they would loose their stern if hit almost for sure as they where originally designed.

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Wouldn`t those have been the most powerful heavy cruisers ever designed as none has had more than ten 8 inch guns?

Yes they would have, and actually they where as there was really a Type A heavy cruiser armed with 12x8-inch beign designed in 1941 before the start of the war.

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It pleases me to see work being put towards the Japanese never were designs!