Well since my last post in this build thread was erased' by the last outage I thought I would repost...
I had a problem...
During my turret build for a different forum (Deans Marine) I was preparing to mask the turret off for paint when I discovered my problem.
The problem occurs when you look at the difference between Victorian ship identication methods and that of their immediate successors- the Edwardians. For those not in the know the Edwardian Royal Navy painted their warships grey but identical looking ships need to be told apart so they used the funnels to paint identification bands. The Victorians used a slightly different method, their ships were painted black hulled, with white and buff coloured upperworks but once again we have the problem of telling close sisters apart. The Victorians chose to paint colour bands along the upper structure, and you've guessed it, along the turret sides too- all in a perfectly straight line!
Well you ask whats this got to do with me...
Well as I was prepping the turrets I noticed they sat rather low compared to the superstructure so I started to measure everything and it was all ok until I measured the external height of the superstructure- it was 8mm too high in the centre and 4mm at the ends. Thats when I realised my mistake, I'm using a upgraded kit of the Hannibal which has the strenghtened deck which is 4mm thick whilst the original kit has a 1mm thick ply deck. I forgot to take this into account and stuck the GRP superstructure around it which meant that the internal height was correct but the external wasn't. I spent one Saturday using a rotary file to remove 3.5mm of ply around the edges to lower the superstructure which has corrected most of the problems! I'll post some pictures soon.