BTW, regarding IABL's MFM. Yeah, I have it, and have looked at the ships. There are a few that would certainly work as Japanese ships, and he gave permission to use a couple trawlers when I asked (they sort of look like small, steel Sea Trucks). I started messing with them, and I might throw them in as stand-ins til I have something closer.
My other problem is when I start looking at the SH4 merchants closely I realize how little serious research they did before making them. Some are OK, others are really quite bad (aside from the choices made as to which ship, but that's another rant
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