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dumb question but kai= super correct?

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'Kai-" = "Improved"

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That Kai-Taiho looks beautiful.

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May you sail to glory forever. *salutes*

Is there any source information for the Type A Heavy Cruiser? I would like to read up on it, be it in English or Japanese.

The plan for 8 such ships is mentioned in "japanese cruisers of the pacific war" by Erik Lacroix and hinton Wells, on pages 602-609. The only plan with specifications I was able to find was a two-image scan from an unknown japanese book that also showed the CLAA cruisers planned during the same time. This makes the Circle Six Type A Cruiser one of the most obscure IJN ships, real or just planned. Honestly speaking I must admit that I'm not too sure anymore that the aforementioned plan truly shows her planned appearance because I've since failed to find any other source material about it (that's why for example I've not drawn the cLAA yet, and I probably wouldn't have drawn the Type A if I had found that plan today because of too scarce references). Anyway, I should have that scan laying somewhere in my HD, so if you are interested I can Search and send it to you.

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My Worklist
Sources and documentations are the most welcome.

-Koko Kyouwakoku (Republic of Koko)
-Koko's carrier-based aircrafts of WWII
-Koko Kaiun Yuso Kaisha - KoKaYu Line (Koko AU spinoff)
-Koko - Civil Aviation

You mean this?



It's an imagined ship by the magazine for the following requirements that were considered around 1940:
The ship itself (named Unzen by the editors) is basically a "what if" based on the limited info that is known.


I came across the scan after I posted the question, so was wondering if this was what you drew.

Guys I can't see the image...

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Verusea Alternative Universe is starting to build up.

one of the scans is almost Identical (the other featured the Ibuki, Mogami, the supposed type A, Agano, Kai-Agano and the CLAA cruiser) though it had no text, just specifications, and did not featured the center fold of the pages (possibily it was cropped and fixed).
However, this means I can at least delete one ships from my "search more references" list.

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My Worklist
Sources and documentations are the most welcome.

-Koko Kyouwakoku (Republic of Koko)
-Koko's carrier-based aircrafts of WWII
-Koko Kaiun Yuso Kaisha - KoKaYu Line (Koko AU spinoff)
-Koko - Civil Aviation

I wouldn't mind if you send me the rest, I can check and see if they're fantasy or not.

Heads up: Further research seems to indicate that there were concepts made in 1940~1941 of a 15,000 ton cruiser. In other words, this Type Kou isn't as fictional as we originally thought. Now, the design as it is would be made up, but it's "creative interpretations" based on historical concepts.