Outdoor Ladder

This ladder and climbing guard were made from 1/16 square grid brass stock by K&S Engineering.  Neither styrene nor balsa seemed like it would do the job.  I wanted to get used to working with brass form my next project anyway.  To make the ladder I simply cut out a narrow but long single wide set of blocks then cut away the excess brass with a sprue cutter.

The climbing guard was more complicated and tedious to build.  First, I marked what brass grid I wanted to retain with a "Sharpie Permanent Marker" with a Fine Point.  Doing this helped me not get lost and cut the wrong piece of grid strip.  Then, using the sprue cutter, I cut away all of the unmarked grid.  I made one mistake, so I may make another.  After getting all of the unmarked grid cut out, I wrapped the new grid around a 5/32" styrene tube leaving the ends on each side flat so they could be glued to the wall of my structure.

Next, I brush painted the ladder Grimy Black and the climbing guard Refer White before gluing to the wall.

Click on the photos to see larger photo.  Click back to return.