Hi Guys,

Does any one have any tips on building a staircase from plastic card for the interior of a Soviet apartment block? I'd be interested to hear people's thoughts on the best way of doing it

Thanks in advance

Best wishes ,

Jerry

Sorry , this might fit better in the Scratch Builders forum , maybe a kind moderater would move it . Until I work out that I can scroll down the page with the wheel on my mouse!

Jerry

Jerry,
I show you a picture of a staircase i made a few weeks ago for my castle.


It's made of styrene, glued one piece after the other.
The best way is do draw your stair on a piece of paper and simply copy the parts on plastic card. One draw from above and one from the side.
This way you can better handle the diferent heights, depths, and other specialities of stair building.
The stair i made is a bit on the limit regarding the angle and the height of the steps, but still ok.

Hope this helps
Cheers
Claude

Claude,

Thanks for your response, May I say that I am a hugh fan of your castle it is possibly one of the greatest examples of the modelling art .

How high do you maske your steps ? I was thinking about 4-5 mm should be about right in 1/35 scale and about 7mm deep? any thoughts?

Thanks again,

Jerry

Good morning Jerry,
Thank you for your comments on the castle, i am in the painting process and i should be done in two months.

Regarding the steps, i think you are good with your measures. To draw a sketch of your stair is also needed to get the exact amount of steps, so not to finish a few mm to high. That's why you may need in the end to adjust the height and depth, but around the measures you have already.
Allow also half a millimter for "overhang" on every step.
Hope this helps

Cheers
Claude

Hi Jerry. Plastruct have staircases in their portfolio. Each packet comes as sides with grooves and the plastic step pieces already cut to size, and fit into each groove. They are "train" sizes ... HO, etc.
Expensive, but take a lot of the effort out of making staircases.

Great work on the staircase, Claude. Excellent detail!