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Building the Oktabriskaya Revolutsia

The fwd stack was actually of the right diameter and outline, merely needing the top to be added to in the form of a sliver of brass tube to complete the S-bend to the correct amount.



The armoured conning towers previously severed from the hull casting were no longer looking as crisp as I wished--so replacements were made of aluminium tubing. The now exagerated step was reduced to near scale by wrapping with vynil tape and securing with CA. The fitting of a myriad of vents, coal-scuttles, hatches,and all the 'stuff' that should be on the deck. For siting of these details I used the plan from the Sevastopol monograph along with the Schwartzer plan along with the few on-deck photos I could locate. The vents were made of various sizes of modelrailway rivets, styrene rod, brass rod and stretched sprue according to whichever matched the appropriate size. All these items were placed into pre-drilled holes for secure mounting as well as easier painting.



The mooring bitts and fairleads were made of a sliver of CA infused paper for super thin bases and styrene rod for the bitts