Editing Queen Elizabeth 2 (section)

===Superstructure===
Like both {{SS|Normandie|3=2}} and {{SS|France|1961|2}}, ''QE2'' had a flared [[stem (ship)|stem]] and clean [[forecastle]].

What was controversial at the time was that Cunard decided not to paint the funnel with the line's distinctive colour and pattern, something that had been done on all its merchant vessels since Cunard's first vessel, the {{RMS|Britannia}}, sailed in 1840. Instead, the funnel was painted white and black, with the Cunard orange-red appearing only on the inside of the wind scoop. This practice ended in 1983 when ''QE2'' returned from service in the [[Falklands War]], and the funnel was repainted in traditional Cunard orange and black, with black horizontal bands, known as "hands".

The original narrow funnel was rebuilt larger during her 1986 refurbishment in [[Bremerhaven]], using steel panels from the original,{{cn|date=June 2024}} when the ship was converted from steam to [[Diesel engine|diesel]] power.{{why|reason=Why was the funnel enlarged?  For aesthetic reasons?  Why would diesel power require larger funnels than steam?|date=June 2024}}

Large quantities of weight-saving aluminium were used in the framing and cladding of ''QE2''{{'}}s superstructure in place of steel. Reducing the draft of the ship lowered fuel consumption, but invited the electrochemical corrosion where the dissimilar metals are joined together, prevented by using a jointing compound. The low melting point of aluminium caused concern when ''QE2'' was serving as a troopship during the Falklands War, with some fearing that if the ship were struck by a missile her upper decks would collapse quickly due to fire.{{clarification needed|reason=Is this fear scientifically based?  A reliable citation, please.|date=June 2024}}

In 1972, the first penthouse suites were added in an aluminium structure on Signal Deck and Sports Deck (now "Sun Deck"), behind the ship's [[bridge (ship)|bridge]], and in 1977 this structure was expanded to include more suites with balconies, making ''QE2'' one of the first ships to offer private terraces to passengers since ''Normandie'' in the 1930s. Her balcony accommodation was expanded for the final time when her funnel was widened during the 1986/87 overhaul. 

''QE2''{{'}}s final structural changes included the reworking of the aft decks during the 1994 refit, following the removal of the [[magrodome]], and the addition of an undercover area on Sun Deck during the 2005 refit outfitted as the Funnel Bar.