Oh man.. I discovered a big error in Jim Stevenson's schematics, from which I based the overall proportions of my mesh. Look at the high resolution photos of the the studio model verses the same area in the schematics..
Notice the plating outlines are accurate overall, EXCEPT the difference in the plating lines at the bottom outside corner within the area I outlined in red. Notice the angle of the lines almost parallel in the schematics verses a convergence in the actual model image. This means the angle of the taper in the front section is wrong, and any model created using the Stevenson schematics is wrong. Now I have to figure out how to correct my mesh and reposition all the many greebles already placed in adjacent areas. There are other areas in the schematics that don't match up with close examination of the high resolution images of the original studio model (not reproductions), but I thought to bring this one up since I was at the point of adding hull plating to the bottom.
Maudib
