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Tsarist Battleship Andrei Pervozvanny

Another problem was the complete lack of any representation of the cross planking so common to many Russian Capital ships of that era. I chose to score the deck using a blade, using masking tape as a guide to assist in keeping the cuts parallel; this was arduous with the superstructure and other deck fittings cast in place....!




Thereafter all the solid splinter shielding was cut away...




...and construction could begin in earnest. I installed the new aft armored tower and extension deck made from styrene sheet from a paper pattern over a new bulkhead and later furnished the solid splinter shielding of paper.