Hi Danielle,
your scratch model build of the CM is taking shape and is gradually becoming a spitting image of the real vessel. Congratulations!
I admire your diligence jigsawing so many frames.
The sheer number almost looks as if you have taken the real building frames and stuck to the scaled down 1:1 frame spacing,
hadn't you told us that you had drawn your own plans or even didn't care for plans at all.
But these many frames must give you a pretty sturdy hull.
Maybe they will even help you to avoid any thoughts on extra ballast.
I certainly will follow your build's progress.
Ralph