well, the wc1 bengal has the same protrusions left and right of the bridge tower(not the little wings on the tower, but below), so if the cartoon claw starts fighters from there, why shouldn't the wc1 one?
apart from that, and that is what started the whole discussion, there aren't any sources that show sufficient detail for a modern graphicsengine and are canon. i'm not talking about the general outline. i'm talking about tubings, extra armor plates, engine intakes, stuff like that. you need such detail to make a credible mesh, and claw mark won't give it. so you make it up.