Jaureguiberry III: Deck Issues

Hello and welcome back! Following on top of last night's description of the hull woes comes today's review of the deck. To begin the deck in the kit comes with some finely scribed wood planking detail as well as a thin and finely molded breakwater. There are also a few molded on structures including the bases of both bridges and stack sections. Unfortunately the detail is pretty void on all of these pieces, almost all entirely lacking any sort of hatch or scuttle detail. Here is a photo of the kit's hull. Please note that some preliminary sanding has already taken place on the sides of the hull to remove the molded on and shut porthole covers:
Now...what do the plans show? Naturally the deck detail is quite a bit off. Compare the kit's deck to the drawing shown below:
The structure at the base of the funnels is actually two parts rather than one and there are several skylights missing. The most obvious feature missing are all the staircases that led to lower decks. It doesn't appear like these staircases are covered by any sort of hatch. Hopefully they ended at a watertight door on the lower level! The drawing luckily shows as well the position of doors and hatches on the deck structures. The kit's breakwater, while thin and nicely molded, is the wrong shape. All the gun turrets may also be positioned slightly off and this will be fixed with the sole exception of the amidships 10.8" turrets, those will stay where they are! It looks like the entire deck will have to be swept clean and rebuilt! Until next time!