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Building The Lieutenant Burakov

I decided to address both problems using the few photos that I could locate of the vessel. I heated the casting slightly and then induced a very slight even curvature fore and aft.

I added shims of styrene sheet forward and aft and then flat-sanded the whole lower hull until I was happier with the look of the hull. The sprayrail was carved off and replaced with another of stretched sprue.

In retrospect I should have added this rail at a later stage of the build, both to maintain its shape as it very vulnerable to handling, as well as to preserve the crispness under coats of paint.