. The masts are now More detailed than I would have predicted as Niko does have railings but Does NOT show its placement (although there is a couple of upward canted railings for the bow { I assume }). There seems more than enough railings for superstructures also, but on the last mast/platform I going by what I see on pics.... it looks like a single rail, not two/three/or even four bar railings.There are some minor things on the kit that I with they added, like markings where pieces go, the instructions are "moderately okay" (but at least they have the parts labeled/numbered on their 1st page of instructions....maybe it cuts down on costs [??]),
and just the idea of having to 'sand down' some of the parts makes it a bit tricky how far To sand. 
But Overall..... I giving this subject a Strong 'B+ (plus)', just for the subject and the amount of detail!!! And, yes, there are Some details that can be improved upon, but I guess that is up to the modeler, huh...
Finished up the foremast and mainmast with their associated gear...starting on the last aft mast/platform for the SPS-30..... Have a look....
In this image the masts are in a "forward looking" image, thou the foremast seems tilted ( I might've snipped a bit of the foot while removing it from PE tree ).
I did exchanged Niko's SPS-10 and rotating platform (??? -- it seemed to be missing the horn for the radar set), for a SPS-10 from my GMM NIMITZ PE.
Like I mentioned moving onto the last (aft)mast/platform for the SPS-30...... with this all my sub-assemblies should be ready for the PAINT!!!
.....I just hope that " Please, God....don't make me...........-Up." I do have a primer for the resin ship and did wash the kit prior to assembly.But, question, do you think that I should prime the PE masts???? I never had to do that before with just the radar sets.... Normally I would just glue the radar sets onto the masts/platforms and paint away with no issues...whatcha think 'medicmike'??
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. I will be asking a couple of questions after I'm finish posting my latest pics, if that is okay with you.
This was Very hard for me to find w/o the help of 'George' giving me a Killer photo when he saw 'Da Rock' in Buffalo, NY!!!
the upper portion and attached...
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.... Awww, to dream.
). Toms has a nice selection of rails, but they are Very Thin and FRAGILE and not very forgiving, but PitRoad is Thicker and a bit harder to 'snip' with my PE cutters.... I just don't know How modelers can use a knife and glass in cutting their PE. 
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.... priming sub-assemblies and major hull parts with most of the railings will be in place except the areas of the weatherdeck where there is a wooded deck. I was a bit surprised when I was looking at the kit when I saw the parallel lines on the deck and second deck, "...Hhummmph, it must have a wooden deck." So that is when I started looking at the 'NavSource' and seeing a wooden deck through Most of the Main deck and a little bit on second deck! But I'll start on the helo deck working on the white stripes then moving onto the darken flt deck giving That a darker color than the rest of the non-skid all around the deck. 
for all my other USN project )
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!!! The 'bulging shape' should look, well, they should look like a man's pecs!!!! I tried to correct it but the complex shape and the Size just wasn't looking good ( I tried to shape it w/ a dental scrapper {....Yeah...you know those things that we FEAR as humans!!!}
with this until I went to "ShapeWays" and Be-Hold.....
So GALVESTON got her MM 'Neutral Gray' (acrylic) laid down early this week and started working on painting deck.
Since I never done one before EVER I would like to tell of what I plan to do.
Then mask for the decks or camo pattern you want.
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