I think I have the final configuration done. I was noodling using clear acrylic, but dropped the idea since it’s so hard to work with. I’m going to use styrene and do cutaways. Here’s what it’s going to look like. Took two days to figure out the runs for the powder and projectile trunks.
I’m not detailing any of the intervening offices in the second deck. They’re not the subject of the model and would detract from it. They’re only there to show that the magazine is some distance away and not right below.
I drew the splinter deck scheme and will do it in modules, just enough to fill the space of the display. the splnter decks runs almost the entire length of the armored citidal in the ship.
My print was at the extremes of my machine. I did make the wall thickness a bit narrow. While the print was not a complete failure, I’ve made changes in the object and in the its support scheme.
It will take five of these modules to make the splinter deck section I’m modeiling. I thickened the exterior walls and split it to print in two parts. That has a side benefit. It reduced print time by 3 hours due to having less height in the machine.
I also drew and am printing right now, the single US Navy inclined ladder that is near this particular mount on the real ship. My research found a lot of variations of these and many on the real ships have been replaced so they’re not WW2 versions either. I took some license.
I perforated the steps and we’ll see how that prints. It’s pretty small in O’scale, but it printed the diamond plate flooring so you don’t know unless you try.