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Therefore much of the actual sub-boatdeck and main weatherdeck layout is extrapolated guess-work from the photos--more of that later.
According to the plans--the side-on stern profile had a light fwd slope--this was built up and carved.
The square hatches in the upper hull were ( too! ) subtly rendered--but somewhat crude in places.
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So as to get some regularity I overlaid these with suitable ladderstock cut down.
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Large skylight was overlaid with North Star PE small skylight window strip--this sharpened it up.
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the aft skylights were created using small PE ( WEM Askold and other mesh)
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The midships articulated davits needed slots to be able to operate in real life...
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The kit cast boat deck was a chunky affair cast on a thick wafer
I cut out the apertures and started to address the malformed pilothouse and aft control using Norths Star PE Russian doors
this started to look more akin to the bits of photos I could see
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A decent PE piece here would have been (an answer to prayers--!)
I could also have built it up in pieces in metal ( I was wary of warping styrene)
but due to the flimsy support for the deck I preferred something that had a degree of athwarthships rigidity
( this; probably ;...wrong decision on my part would come to cause an issue of three later in the build -- ...!)
The deck subsequently had all the edges pared down with a sharp blade to give the appearance of a thinner structure when viewed side-on
The deck supports where spaced and drilled--installing drawn ( for straightness ) brass wire into the holes and snipped off using a height gauge of styrene strip
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the upper edges of the main deck bulkhead had a strake added in copper wire
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Boat deck, boiler-room vents and ( modified ) funnel installed
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next post will deal with some of the platforms...
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