the top of the stairs. The thickness of the CV stair treads is about
0.030", so I simply used a piece of Evergreen 0.030" styrene for
the walk, and added a pair of scale 4" x 4" end posts. The near-
est match to the Central Valley railings appeared to be about 2"
x 4" lumber, so I added that also. The assembled stairway and
top walk is shown prior to painting in (15), while (16) shows the
assembly from underneath. The piece of styrene used to splice
the stairs to the horizontal walk can be seen.
17 shows the tanks ready for paint. The ladder arrangement is
clearly visible. With tanks and walkways separate, I airbrushed
17: The Walthers tanks ready for paint. The center tank
has Archer weld lines on two segments. The shorter
one at right has received Archer rivets and has the
Central Valley ladder attached.
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