Encore USS Olympia: Finished.

I was on the Olympia while making a stop in Philly back in the 80s. I took a bunch of pictures. Now I have to look for them. As I remember she was quite ornate with brass and beautiful wood accents.

Decisions having been made I'm moving on with this. Lots of clean up to do, flash on the smallest of parts,dimples etc, fit is so so, only minimum filling up to now.The PE is nicely detailed but fragile, maybe 2 bends and then it's all luck or better skill than I have and there's lots of it, some unidentified in the sketchy instructions. Due to the age of the kit it's like putting lipstick on a pig but I will attempt to use most of it. A couple of bad pics of the start.

Thanks G, the kit instructions are vague in general with some PE not being called out at all. I've searched and found builds and historical pics but none clear enough to get a real understanding. I guess knowing how they were actually deployed would help greatly. There's plenty to do until I get a definitive answer or go with best guess. Haven't worked this much on a kit yet.

I haven't put mine together, but this has been discussed so you are right to identify it as an issue.

Someone posted a photo of the real item- I'll see if I can find it for you.