Fred,
Glad that helped. There are a whole lot of clues that give some suggestion of where various elements might logically go, which maybe adds to the fun. Fox's book has a series of photos taken on Teutonic of the crew, showing details of the bridge, upper bridge, and various external decks. I think they were taken around 1896 and show faint background details of window placement on the promenade deck, and a very good detail of the upper bridge. How Majestic might have looked ten years later is a guess, but at least there is something to base information on.
There is a superb side profile of Majestic in her original form in Conway's History of the Ship series, "The Advent of Steam" on page 118 but the related discussion is primarily about the engines.
Thinking about where to put the hatches, I wonder if it would be best to look at other Harland & Wolff ships - you would, at least, be following H&W practice. Fortunately, there are original H&W drawings of Baltic, Celtic, Arabic and Coptic reproduced in the book "Titanic & Her Sisters Olympic & Britannic" which show H&W practice in the 1870s-80s. The hatches are centered with the center line of the ship, have rounded corners, and tend to be placed closer to the forecastle than center superstructure. In the Arabic and Coptic drawing (same drawing, sister ships), the winches are placed immediately aft of the hatches on the forward well deck. This machinery is just visible in the Teutonic photos, so Teutonic and likely Majestic had the same arrangement. The winches are painted a darker color, similar to the buff or wood color of the masts. The hatch covers themselves are divided into two parts, starboard and port, and then each side into several parts crosswise. The drawings are tinted with color and appear to show the hatch covers as buff on the Arabic and Coptic, white on the Celtic, and grey on the Baltic. Buff might be a good idea for Majestic, given the evidence of the same color on Teutonic's winches.
The "wainscot" is just that part of the lower well deck bulkheads that are painted in another color, with white above. If you look at images of Titanic models the color is very visible. Its the same color as the masts, the winches, and presumably the hatch covers.
The April 11, 1890 New-York Times describes Majestic arriving in NY on her maiden voyage. It has a number of helpful elements such as the funnels were 60' apart, and that the promenade deck was 245 feet long, and 18' wide on each side, and that she had three bladed propellers. Here are excerpts from that article:
The new White Star steamer Majestic arrived off Sandy Hook during the fog Wednesday evening, and came up to her dock yesterday morning. In appearance the new greyhound is exactly like the Teutonic. The latest addition to the White Star fleet, like her sister ship, has graceful, yacht-like lines. Her three pole masts and her two huge smoke funnels, placed sixty feet apart, gave her a very imposing appearance as she slowly hauled into her dock at the foot of Christopher-street.
The first voyage of the Majestic was a very favorable one, although she met with strong head winds during a portion of the run. Her time from Queenstown to Sandy Hook was 6 days 10 hours and 30 minutes. This is the fastest maiden trip on record, and beats that of the Teutonic, which was made in 6 days 14 hours and 45 minutes. On the strength of this achievement the Majestic may be said to have won the nursery stakes for greyhounds of the ocean.
apt. Parsell says that during the entire trip the engines worked admirably, and it was not found necessary to stop them once. They will undoubtedly enable the ship to do quicker work than she accomplished during the recent trip. Capt. Parsell says, however, that he has no ambition to have the Majestic beat the record. He will be satisfied with steady, reliable work, and this he is positive the Majestic will perform. The Captain would not say, however, that if in pursuing the even tenor of her ways the Majestic should happen to smash the record all out of sight he would think any less of her for her performance. He says that the present record will not be greatly reduced until the world makes further advances in mechanical science. The Majestic left Queenstown at 2:30 P.M. on April 3, with 171 saloon passengers, 92 intermediate passengers, and 823 immigrants.
The average rate of speed was a little above eighteen knots. The average consumption of coal was 280 tons. An average of eighty revolutions of the wheel per minute was maintained. The Majestic's propellers are of the three-bladed type, which Capt. Parsell says has been in use in the English Navy for some time, and which answers the purpose much better than the old-fashioned four-bladed type. Three blades admit of quicker revolutions, and have a much better grip upon the water than four. The latter is thought to have a tendency to churn the water needlessly. The Teutonic's present four-bladed propellers will shortly be replaced by a pair like those of the new greyhound. Among the Majestic's passengers were the Hon. R. Adams, Jr., United States Minister at Brazil; Capt. West C. Weidenfeld, W. Gordon Kellogg, Capt. S. Kottowe, F. C. Lawrence, Ernest Inman, Seymour Arlington, and Dr. D. Ambrose.
The new White Star boat measures 10,000 tons, and was built by Harland & Wolff at Belfast, Ireland. Her dimensions are: Length, 582 feet; breadth of beam, 57 1/2 feet, and depth of hold 39 1/2 feet. The hull is built of Siemens-Martin steel, and, in addition to a number of longitudinal bulkheads, there is a longitudinal one which extends the entire length of the ship. The bulkheads are all of great strength, and the number of water-tight compartments which are formed by these render the Majestic a very safe vessel. She has two independent sets of engines, which are entirely separated from each other. They are of the triple-expansion type. The Majestic has quarters for 300 first-class passengers, all of whom can be seated at once in the main saloon. The great size of the vessel would admit of staterooms for a larger number of first-class passengers, but her owners had resolved to give the passengers plenty of room. The staterooms are large, well lighted, and well ventilated, and contain every facility for comfort. There are a number of palatial apartments which are let in suites. There are also several very large rooms for families. The main saloon, ladies' cabin, library, smoking room, &c., are arranged and fitted up almost exactly like those of the Teutonic. The hurricane deck affords a fine promenade 245 feet long and extending 18 feet on each side of the deck houses.
The great lifeboats, which can be lowered at a moment's notice, hang above the hurricane deck and afford shelter to promenaders in bad weather. The second class or intermediate passengers, of whom 150 can be accommodated, have a handsome saloon, a smoking room, large comfortable staterooms, and an ample promenade. The steerage has been well fitted up and contains comfortable quarters for nearly 1,000 persons. The Majestic is lighted throughout by electricity and is supplied with all of the latest appliances for steering, making signals, handling cargo, &c.
Keep up the good work and happy steaming.
Jim