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Tsarist Battleship Andrei Pervozvanny

There are 17 inclined stairs around the ship- I used the WEM versions with the angled handrail supports-I had to 'pull' the handrails whilst holding the treads of the stairs to achieve he correct steep angle with the handrail supports vertical....




The beautifully cast one-piece turrets had the aft doors added ( Ho scale PE signal ladder!) along with the flares to allow the high elevation to which blast bags were affixed to the ship later in her career made from wire and putty.




At this stage the hull was showing sign of hogging movement in the varied temperatures of my workroom-so the hull was promptly screwed down to my usual stainless steel plate- problem cured!