APDAF I'd say that You are learning, and that's good. :) This design still needs some work to do, but at least it can be reasonably developed into proper ship withoug changing almost everything (like most of Your early designs). But I'd also say that it's bit too small for an armored cruiser. Light ...
Ok, going from bow towards aft - and these are just things I could notice at a first glance. -radar mast and space around it looks bit cramped with just too much radars going on each others way; -that SPY radar doesn't seem to make too much sense since - usually there are 4 such antennas to give 360...
Ship itself looks nice so far, but don't use so much black or near-black on sails. Look on these, for example: http://www.shipbucket.com/images.php?dir=Real%20Designs/Italy/AXE%20CristoforoColombo%201928_49.png http://www.shipbucket.com/images.php?dir=Real%20Designs/Italy/AXE%20AmerigoVespucci%20193...