Trumpeter have made a great job of the wooden decks, however, it would seem that during the 1943 major refit, the areas around the 4" guns was plated with steel, probably armour plate, see first picture.
I've attempted to re-create this with 0.010" card. Here's the first attempt, not stuck down yet.
Haddock.
Take my hat off to Zak, this scratch- building lark can be Kipling.
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