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The fore and aft superstructure doesn't seem to have the same deck height.
And remove all the 20mm guns for now. They are the last thing you should ad.

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Source Materiel is always welcome.

Actually there were instances where the deck heights did, indeed, differ, even from forward superstructure to aft, so I don't think it ought to be such a dramatic issue. A normal man, even a fairly tall one (which Spaniards seldom are, anyway!) can fit in either sections handsomely, so that'd be sufficient, in my mind.

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I've added the ship's boats, which I took from ALVAMA 's Almirante Cervera and Gollivainen's Canarias. I also put a boom crane in which was taken from an early Repulse.

What about the QF 2pdr. in the C turret position?

Also regarding the 4.5 inch as secondary armament... I haven't changed that yet.

Thanks

I would elevate all of the 4.5" guns or none of them.
The current arrangement just kind of 'feels wrong.'

Coming along greatly. Crane looks very much right, but I still could 'cram' in several more boats...i guess it's just me wanting to have a decent boat complement. Since this is a CA, you can take advantage and study, too, how the British Counties stowed their boats. But we're getting there, and I do love the handsome lines of your cruiser!

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Thanks for liking the design. I'm quite pleased with the way its developing thanks to the input from the forum.

I suppose I could shift the secondaries forward a bit to make room for more boats.

Well, my friend, you've got a whole unused space right above your TTs, for instance, so I don't foresee any particular difficulties in finding the necessary spaces!

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why only one AA on the front?

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Biancini, it's called critical weight and space considerations! Besides, Republican Spain would probably have faced serious obstacles in obtaining all the guns necessary for a class like this!

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Thats a good point. Its quite likely that any new ship would be a bit of a mish mash due to the severe finacial situation of Republican Spain. Most of their equipment and finance came from Stalinist Russia.