The bow forcastle deck on the original model did not have any anchors fitted these required recesses into the deck and hull sides to house the stockless anchor, also the hawsepipes had to be drilled and lined with plastic tube, capstans have been turned from dowel and chain added from the anchors, round the capstans to the locker storage positions. The breakwater was cut from thin ply and glued to the deck with two part epoxy. Large bollards and enclosed fairleads have also been fabricated and glued in position. The forward deck has been painted with matt green paint, the breakwater matt gray, the chain matt white and also the capstans bollards and enclosed fairleads matt white. The numerous inflatable which sit on cradles (single and double banked) along the edge of the deck midships near to the davit positions have been made from dowel painted matt white and glued to the deck. From midship to the A and B gun positions the deck is wood, to represent planking I experimented with pen lines on thin ply but to the scale of 1/150 I could not get the correct impression of the planking then I managed to get length of thin veneer, light in colour and with straight grain lines which when fitted represented the planked deck, this was glued to the original deck and the coated with clear matt varnish.
The two Sea Cat launchers have been constructed and sit on the deck midship near the heli pad deck