by Paul Cadogan
1/700 HMS Repulse, 1941 (Tamiya)
This is a basic build, but there were some modifications made to the aft superstructure in order to correct errors in the kit's depiction. These include reshaping the port and starboard wing extensions to be rectangular (with the starboard extension being significantly larger), repositioning the 4-inch AA guns atop them slightly aft, installing ready-use ammo lockers behind these guns, almost fully enclosing the shelter structure on which the pompom sits save one opening forward on the starboard side, and repositioning the exhaust flue at the aft end of this shelter just to port instead of midline. These changes are well supported by photographic evidence.
