Thank you Martin, for all your positive comments and this time especially for your support.
The encouragement from you affirmed my dedication to try to improve the positioning of the spotting top. I took it off the tripod assembly - not an easy task regarding that a tube has been glued with gel type superglue over a rod. Consequently, considerable force was necessary to remove it and many a small detail broke off, some of them even got lost, most notably the distinctive PE DF antenna loop at the end of the spotting top. After crawling on the floor with my cellphone’s light on for an hour I gave up the search and accepted that I will have to scratchbuild a replacement. This has not been done yet, but I did manage to reposition the spotting top horizontally.
The main turrets have been added along with most of their fittings. The 6” battery has been fitted as well, bar the two foremost barrels, the painting of which needs to be corrected.
I could not resist to glue the mainmast assembly to its place, despite plans to do it at a later phase – the visual balance of the ship is perfect with it. Now I need to take extreme care not to damage it during subsequent construction.
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What is still missing? Quite a lot: the whole of AA armament, all rigging, including that of the booms and cranes, and the crew. First I will make minor corrections, add some small missing parts then the crew will be prepared to man the open AA batteries and the bridge.