[Admiral Von Gerlach]

I see with interest that you have discovered Usio-San's wonderful ship models that he makes for CFS2. He is one of the finest Japanese ship modellers and much respected.

I do not see where anyone has actually obtained his permission to convert a single ship. I am sure it is a wonderful possible resource but he must be contacted and permission must be gained before any of his ships are used in any way other than as CFS2 models. His labours and his generous contribution are to be respected.

I will watch this thread with interest for this to occur. I hope it will. otherwise no use may be made of any of his models without that informed consent.

I am sorry if this seems to be a negative posting, but Usio who we care about and respect highly for his efforts, has had problems with this sort of potential use before. As any modeler knows his work has taken a lot of effort and research, and deserves the highest respect. If it is necessary and you are unable to reach him, i can try for you and am willing, just PM me to let me know. He is quite busy and takes time to respond, and has not in the past been entusiastic about a sub sim for various reasons. There are tough memories from that aspect of the War and it is never easy to judge what is felt over there about this.