sanded off the weld lines and added Archer rivets, set no.
AR88025.
The McGraw kit includes top walkways, designed to connect
tanks of the same height. This is fine for my pair of identical
tanks, but I needed to connect those two with the shorter tank.
As is common in the prototype, I chose to arrange a stairway to
connect the shorter tank to the adjoining tall one, then a lad-
der from the ground to the top of the short tank.
The ladder was made from a length of the ladder in the Central
Valley Steps and Ladders set, which includes rounded ladder-
top returns. I used short lengths of scale 2 x 4" styrene for
standoffs between the tank and ladder.
The stairway is also from the same Central Valley set, along
with the side railings. I then needed a short horizontal walk at
16: This view from beneath the stairway assembly may
clarify the construction of the horizontal walkway, and
clearly shows the splice plate attaching the two parts.
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