Moin,
as MCHALO already told I´m no fan of the bench. It looks odd in U995, kinda out of place. So I checked all plans/books I have for evidence.
- VII B 1940 --> ?
- VII C 1944 --> bench
- VII D 1941 --> bench
- IX D2 1943 --> bench
- XVII K -------> saddle/seat
- XVII B -------> saddle/seat
- XVII G -------> saddle/seat
- XVIII -------> contradicting plans, maybe because different development stages / missing dates on them
- XX ----------> ?
- XXI ----------> saddle/seat
- XXII ---------> saddle/seat
- XXIII --------> ?
- XXVI --------> saddle/seat
- XXIX H ------> saddle/seat
- 30A ---------> saddle/seat
No bench is mentioned on the plans, but those I have marked as 'bench' have a rectangular / L- shape in the respective position and
no saddles.
Those marked with '?' do not have the rectangular / L- shape nor single seats/saddles.
Those marked 'saddle/seat' do clearly show single seats/saddles.
I´ve checked as many plans as I could find to see whether the bench was original design and more or less common. I do not like it, but quite some evidence has been presented to court already. The bench will most probably stay unless MCHALO and I break off over the issue / somebody else re-works this mod after we are finished with it / SubSim.com presents a petition against the bench (I would be first to sign it, LOL).
Regards,
DD