Hi,
Thanks for all the feedback. Based on the posts above, it looks like this image
http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/models/ships/Panteleimon/photos/Potemkin_1905_Paintscheme.jpg might be a reasonable depiction of the ship in June-July 1905.
In looking over some of the stuff on the internet & my model though, a couple other questions have come up, regarding the shape of the conning tower and bridge. In the model the shape of the bridge is fairly, simple, as shown in this image of the Heller version of this model as shown on the Steel Navy Website. (
http://steelnavy.com/images/2004%20February/potemkinbowRW.JPG)
This is the shape that is also shown in the sketch of the ship in the book "Warships of the Imperial Russian Navy" by V.M. Tomitch. However the paper model plans and the Russian Language Model Guide I bought show a slightly more complex shape with notches for doors in the side like shown @ this link to the Paper Modeling.Net site. (
http://www.papermodeling.net/images/models/179_2_orel.jpg.jpg) Most of the images I have come across of the actual ship haven't been detailed enough for me to make out which arrangement is most correct for the ship or whether this structure may have been revised over the life of the ship.
For now I'm going to assume the version with the notches is correct for this time period, but I wanted to see if anyone here might have better info.
Also, with regards to the shape of the conning tower when looking from above in the model it kind of looks like an 'egg' shaped Oval with the aft end more rounded than the front. In the Paper Model booklet I bought it is shown as being similar, though the front end may be a little more pointed, perhaps a little more like a rounded triangle shape when viewed from above, similar to this view from the Steel Navy Website review of a 1/700 scale Combrig model of the ship (
http://steelnavy.com/images/Combrig%20Panteleimon/Pan2706ct.JPG ). [Please note that in this image the conning tower is at the top of the image and is shown upside]
However, the model guide shows this structure as consisting of two parts, with the main tower being egg shaped when viewed from above, but having an opening on its aft side. The second piece is a curved surface that sits aft of the opening similar to (but not exactly the same as) what is shown in this image from a post on the Battleship Borodino. (
http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/download/file.php?id=18964&mode=view)
(I will try to post some images or scans of what I have tried to describe above, later, if I get a chance).
Anyway, if anyone has any better input on what this structure may have actually looked like, it would also be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Regards
PF