Thanks for the previous help regarding the wall murals. Today, I purchase a basic chalk kit from Hobby Lobby and got them looking a bit better without having to paint. The dull coat spray however, really brought out some scratches that I was hoping to keep hid. I understand now why you should not sand on the colored surface.
So with that completed, and rather than clutter up the forum with a new thread, I’ll just continue this one.
Moving on to the next phase, I was wondering if I should have purchased a separate ladder for this fire escape. Since I don’t have a platform on the ground level, which way do I need to glue this? To me it looks odd if I continue the bottom steps at the same angle that the upper steps are as they would then just kinda point out to no where. But then again, if I glue it up and down vertical, it looks odd since these are steps rather than a ladder with rungs. At this stage, I’m not particularly worried about being prototypical as much as I just want it to look somewhat appealing to the eye on the layout later.
And lastly since this is new plastic, do I need to prime before spaying it black? I would assume that you would need to just like any other and also, would it be better if I took a Dremel tool and slightly burrowed down to the plastic when I eventually get ready to attach this to the building? I’ve never glued anything to a painted surface before and not sure how the cement will hold. I’m using plastruc plastic weld.
Obviously you can tell the steps are upside down, but I thought it would look better since the other end is angled for fit in another platform. I figured if I glue them in this way, I can snip out the steps so that there will be access. I didn't see this coming, or I would have looked around and purchased a regular ladder. Below in the last picture the steps come down to the level of the lower window seal.
The angle of the picture is somewhat distorted by my point and shoot camera, but I think you can get the idea of what I'm needing.
After giving it a bit of thought, I was wondering how this would look?
Thanks again,
Kenny
