For those whom wish to play IJN.

[ironkross]

Here's a painting (The Final Act -Artist: John Meeks) of the Japanese submarine I-25 capable of carrying aircraft. It provides a good aspect point to convey the huge size of the sub. Yeah, try to model one of these in the game.




"The story behind the painting...
Designed to attack the Panama Canal (an act which would have given the allies a few problems!), the I400 class boats of the Imperial Japanese Navy were the largest submarines of WWII - and never saw combat ! Of this class, only two or three appear to have survived until the end of the war. I404 was destroyed in a bombing raid, and I405 was never completed.

Monstrous vessels (with a submerged displacement in the order of 6000 tons, a crew of apparently 180-odd men, and...well, that hangar could take a London or New York subway train...!) they were true submersible aircraft carriers, each being equipped with three Aichi M6A1 "Seiran" floatplane attack bombers. "

http://www.subart.net/final_act.htm