OOH!!!!!! I like this sort of challenge! Superior looking ship! May have to 3d print some of the gingerbread etc, but you got this Mike!
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Very interesting work, Mike.
I'm curious to follow your progress and see how you finish it.
I hope you'll post lots of photos and excellent descriptions of each step, as you usually do, so your work will be useful and informative for everyone.

Hello everyone,
Two days ago, a club member asked me if I could help him rebuild a stand model.
One is not averse to finding out how these models are constructed.
We drilled a hole where the structure is located so that we could get inside with a pipe camera.
The deck is a piece of wood about 6 cm (approx. 2.35 in) thick with two thin aluminium plates.
Inside, there are lots of scraps of paper . . .
Will this turn out well??? More to follow.
Unfortunately, we didn't strike gold . . . .
Further steps to follow.
Explorer's greetings, Michel-C.

PS:
Registrierte Schiffsnamen / Registered ship's names
Datum / Date Schiffsname / Name Heimathafen / Homeport
30.06.1958 CRUZEIRO DO SUL Monrovia
09.10.1965 Castasegna Bâle
12.03.1973 Mindanao Sea Mogadiscio
00.00.1976 Mao Lin Guangzhou/Canton

Verbleib des Schiffes / Fate of vessel: Unbekannt / Unknown