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Building the Oktabriskaya Revolutsia

I next turned my attention to the forward bridge tower. This on the original ship was built up of numerous decks, with no splintershields, the open railings were covered with canvas dodgers, and window frames placed on top of (or suspended from the overhead deck?).
The kits platform outlines looked good- they were albeit too thick and the window/railing section was cast as a solid lump with windows merely indented far too small. I really had to replicate this area in the same manner as the real thing, so ground off all surplus resin with a motor tool, applied railing and topped off with PE window frames--these came from a special fret, but more about that later...

The second deck-level was then placed on top of this delicate structure and the process repeated. The railings were infilled with white glue to simulate the canvas covering.