Another painful season is over. I fitted the first part of the superstructure on the deck using putty to eliminate the gap especially at the sides, cause of the inclination I created. Although tried not to mess with the tiny wood planks that was impossible so some had to be replaced.
Then I took the upper, larger deck did some paintwork, turned it upside down and start putting the supporting frames about 80 pieces. These were to fit precisely with the roof of the glued lower piece. It took me more than a week to finish, even some pieces are not fitted perfectly but can't be seen unless turn the ship upside down.
Then disaster strike. While matching the ends of the 2 deck pieces, I notice that in front, the upper part was longer, as it should be. But quite long at least half inch longer. I matched it with the plans but found no mistake. Spend an evening trying to find what went wrong: It was the forward main deck piece that had been cut about 1 cm shorter at its end.
Removing the deck was no way an option. Extenting it would require to remove some parts and glue them again or making new ones. One or two evenings of work. I decided instead, to cut the rear end of the longer second piece(balcony) , make a bit shorter , replank it and glue it.
It took me an hour. However a few millimeters shorter, wasn't short enough. Front side was still way too extended from the lower face part. So I came up with the idea I hated most, the operation. Part would be cut in two, 1 thin slice would be removed, then glue them back. If fitting wasn't perfect I would have to make the whole part again.
However using my table saw, I cut it totally straight and manage to reglue it with little effort and paintwork.
I finish the fitting, gluing wooden doors and fire stations. Ladders and rails will be added later of course as well as some small corrections after I finish the other two remaining smaller superstructure parts.