Sunday late morning

 Sort of an interim post of where it stands as I've now put on the sides of the cruiser and wheelhouse - so looking very shiplike.

This how it currently stands. First major decision - 3 masts or 2? Should be 3 - 1 in front of the wheelhouse, 1 between the guns in midships, 1 behind second funnel.Not sure if that would make everything a bit too crowded. Also, how do I do the masts? The thicker the dowel I use, the more crowded. Likewise, how do I do the sails? Furled or not? What's the best way to represent sails on this size model? Likewise, what colour will I finally decide to paint the funnels? Comments welcome!

On the idea that I could add a couple of Nordenfelts, I plced a couple of guns on the wings of the wheelhouse. Conclusion? Yes, very practical. I think I've got a couple of 20mm Jacklex guns lying around somewhere, just don't know where. Or could use 28mm Reviresco guns. Or make my own. Decisions, decisions.

Slightly irritating ones - the card on the sides of the hull have dried a bit wavy but not really noticeable when the ship is fully assembled. I cheated with this - A4 card is too short to cover one side so I bought some A3. Everything else I've used on this model I already had. Second issue... the glue has changed the colour of most of the ink on the decking to a greenish colour! Hasn't happened to this extent before! Possibly too much glue has caused some of the colour to preferentially migrate under the paper?

So this post is more of a 'this is where I am at' rather than 'this is what I've done' - seemed better than putting all this in one post together with the masking part.