All right, it's time to tackle the windows. I have the paragrafix pe templates, so that's a big help. Even with those, though, it's really tough to get the oblong windows right. I'd taken a stab at the hull directly, but with the thick kit plastic it was pretty much hopeless.
Fortunately, some of the windowed spots on the studio model's hull look like they were covered with styrene sheet, layered atop the primary (vacuform?) model covering. Here's the aft port quarter on the studio model. I'm pretty sure that's a raised lip showing on the aft edge of the window section. Good enough an excuse for me to do the window bit as a separate piece, much as I described upthread for the forward-facing windows on the upper hull.
BTW, the above photo is cropped from a larger pic available here:
https://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/scans ... sties1.jpg
I'm going to use the thinnest plastic I can lay hands on, .020 from Evergreen. That should make workability a breeze, and give a scale look to things to boot.
Here's take 1. Not so good. Even with the template, the oblongs are irregular, oversized, and out of line. Hmmm.
- yuck
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For take 2, before using the circular bit on the end of each oblong, I used an Xacto to cut the horizontal lines that are at the top and bottom of each window. Better! But good enough? I still see room for improvement, so I'm going to practice some more before deciding if this is as good as it gets.
- better!
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As an aside, this technique will only work on flat surfaces, where I can swap sheet sytrene in for kit plastic. How I'm going to do the compound curved bits on the primary hull is still an open question. Also, I've got to figure out how to get the windows aligned all the way around the hull, so the sensor bands are nice and level. But one thing at a time.
Good one, toejrb! But I am used to OOP languages and CLI than I am Morse Code! 
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