Ok, if they are necessary, then they are (though in such case I'd suggest making them more visible, otherwise there's no point in putting them there - SB style assumes that things too small/not visible enough to be actually visible on a real ship if it was being seen from such distance that it is a...
At last here are other Augusta Victoria class corrected and sometimes redrawn pics. https://dl.dropbox.com/s/x7605hcfl9wm1la/ACL-Gaea-1915.png https://dl.dropbox.com/s/6y0lmr3vm1fu4x5/ACL-Kuban-1904.png https://dl.dropbox.com/s/kzqw3xnjbqr5q4m/ACL-Patriota-1898.png https://dl.dropbox.com/s/3bzr4dbjt...
I don't mean that railings are brown - that's ok. I mean, that if You look closely at the 1st sample I provided (Your drawing with some false colors applied), there are many blue dots on the railings, and that's what I'm concerned with. Ah. This are railings covered with canvas. But something went ...