Here is where we encountered the first obvious fit problems.
Other than the hangar, the first part of the upper works are made up of parts #65 and 66. Part 65 is a long strip that wraps entirely around #66., which in turn forms the upper gun deck on the hangar. There are three large openings in #65 (2 starboard and 1 port)
Once 65 was attached to 66 and dry fitted to the hangar, it became obvious that were a couple of nasty fit problems around the openings in part #65. In the original 1:400 scale, these would probably not have posed a major problem. However, in 1:200 scale, some "welding" became necessary.
SO: I dug out the trusty low-tack masking tape, mixed some MicroFill with Tamiya IJN Grey, and filled the offending areas.
Tomorrow, we shall see how this works out.... stay tuned......
MTF
Jim