One of the major pieces missing from the assembly system castles is a small stairway that can fit internally into a standard room. I decided to try and make one for the Cardinal's house.

This stair consists of two pieces joined together. At the top there is a floor piece, and underneath it the stair itself. The floor is constructed from heavy plasticard, reinforced with two long bars on the underside. Thus was a very difficult piece to cut into the right shape and took hours. The hardest part was not breaking off the tabs that hold it into the wall. In retrospect I might not have bothered, and left it to the bars to hold it in place.

Underneath the floor piece is a plastic stairway intended for a dollshouse. This stair came with only one side rail (it was intended to go against a wall) so I made matching piece of plasticard and stuck it to the side. I also had to cut down the top to fit the floor piece, which was hard work as the stair was very brittle.

Finally I put vinyl wood effect across the top and painted it all brown.

Along the front edge of the floor piece you can see a thinner area. This is intended to hold one of the dark brown floor strips that go between adjacent floor pieces. I tried to make a thin strip and glue it to the edge, but it didn't work that well. In retrospect I think it might have been easier to simply glue a thin sheet on the underside.