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Someone posted up some details about the Japanese WWII human torpedoes a couple of months ago, which prompted me to get hold of one off the bay of Es. I've always been a bit whimmy, so there you go It arrived the other day, and while I was sanding and polishing my Bugatti 100 (Caution. Flying thing) , I started test-fitting the tubes together on this little short-run kit. That led to more test-fitting, yet more test-fitting, and sanding... and sanding... and sanding. I also did a bit of research, as I'm a total maritime neophyte in this department at least, and wanted to have a look at how it should really look. There are a few pics about, but many of them are of the earlier series, with only a couple of the Series-10, which I've got here. The only one seems to have a different conning tower, which doesn't seem big enough to be called a sail. Here's a closer pic of the kit offering: It's more streamlined and doesn't have that raised seamline down the centre, as drawn on in red below: I can do the alterations if they're more accurate, and suspect that the seamline is there "accidentally", as it doesn't seem (excuse pun) a very strong way to join pressure hulls. I've already gone ahead and removed the seams elsewhere, as that seems to be a common theme with them all, but I can always put it back if I've screwed up. The control lines are going to be reinstated later once the heavy sanding is finished. Incidentally, what would I search for to get some tiny brass eyes on stalks to mount the control wires? Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope.
