Tom, Steve:
I have my work surface covered in wax paper (that I replace ever so often) -- biggest advantage is that glues, etc, don't stick to it. So I put a CA drop or two on it, dip my applicator & go for it, (trying to remember not to rest my arm in the glue), and then I wipe it off the wax paper when done. Wax paper is an old wooden kit trick to protect plans.
Break:
Dreadnought progress:
Pix will come, I promise. Project is Trumpeter NC; I have both WEM & GMM detail sets, some add'l PE detail such as doors, ladders, etc, and the L'Arsenal 20's & 40's ....
First issue was that upper & lower hulls did not match well, side-to-side, particularly in the fore & aft sections. I cut all the cross-members in the upper hull & sanded/trimmed the gap until the upper & lower lined up. Once done, I glued the two together, then wiped in filler & sanded the hull smooth. I sprayed on red auto primer & have to do a small cleanup to remove blemishes. There were a couple good sink marks up in the bow to fix.
Second issue is that my fix above effectively narrowed the deck edge of the upper hull & that meant the three deck sections were a very tight fit. It will take some effort to get them in cleanly.
In prep for that, I have sanded off the anchor chains (I'll try to use separate chains so I can do better around the wildcats & etc.) and the hatches/etc that will be replaced with PE.
That takes us to the third issue & it's a tough one. The 3 deck sections do not mate up well, especially the front center. I have done some cleaning & fitting, but I can see two very obvious seams across the deck that will have to be carefully filled, then snaded & scribed to match the deck planking, all without of course screwing up said deck planking any more than I have to. Oh, yes there are two visible sink marks in the planks on the front of the center section to work with (how I don't know) and one smaller, almost ignorable, one on the rear section.
I'd realy like to get into parallel building of the guns, superstructure, etc, but I've got some 1:1 scale house stuff getting in the way ....
John
Still waiting for my freebie HMS Nelson to arrive...... still gives me time for SIK FOR YA, Medics and BBB. 
