1. Bend the Eduard plates into the desired shape, using the superstructure casing sides as a guide.
2. Fill in the areas with the oval buoy holes with strip plastic of the same width and dimensionality as the brass.
3. Drill holes in the same pattern to suit ship.
4. Locate where the new round buoy holes should go. Using sharp scribing tools, or an exceptionally sharp compass cutter, cut out the circles, being careful to work slowly and not distort the remainder of the brass deck. You may actually want to do this step first, depending upon your opinion of the integrity of the brass deck.
Anyway, I've given the problem some thought and this is the best I can come up with at the present time. This is part of the reason I'm making my own deck from scrap plastic.
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