C. C. Crow Stone Church - First Annual Raymo Build Challenge 2016

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Let the games begin. Here is the kit I will be building for the challenge.  I bought this kit a number of years ago and plan to use it as part of a residential area on my layout, the Superior & Seattle RR.  Layout build location picture to follow.

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I just checked  C. C. Crows website and this kit is still available. It is officially called  "The White Stone Church".  I'm not sure mine will be white.





This is from the C. C. Crow website if your interested.

THE WHITE STONE CHURCH

Construction of the White Stone Church was featured in the December 1992 and January 1993 issues of Mainline Modeler. The walls are my Hand-Carved Stone -fine and the Cedar Shake roof is cast in White Hydrocal as well with all the detail but none of the labor of hand-laying them. I've done all that hard work for you (yes, shingle-by-shingle!) and then made molds.
I've also made colorful hand-tinted scale stained glass to fit Grandt Lines gothic windows.
While there is no specific prototype for this model, it will fit into almost any layout- up on a hillside over looking the farmlands or half hidden on a busy city street.
Assembly couldn't be easier. The wall castings can be left pure white, or maybe lightly stained. If you want you can color them naturally and instructions are given for that. Lightly stain the shingles light gray, paint the window frames green and attach the stained glass, then glue it together.
Comes with Basket Weave front steps.
Complete instructions with coloring and weathering tips are included.


40' x 24' ( 5-1/2" x 3-1/4" ) in HO scale.

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John, leave it white, it will save you from painting it.

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John, leave it white, it will save you from painting it.

Well, that would be quick.  I'm making a few sample walls to do some testing.

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In the tradition of a detailed build thread. Here is what I found when I opened the box.

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First item out of the box.  The instructions.

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One of the things I do for every build is take pictures of the instructions with my phone.  I can then read them when I'm away from the workbench and have some time to read.  I also use my iPad to zoom in on areas and make them big enough to read while I work.  It really works nice, especially when the instructions are on big sheets of paper.  It is also helpful when the templates are part of the big sheets and you have them under your glass plate for gluing.  I will include each of the three pages here if you would like to read along.

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Instructions Page 2:

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Instructions Page 3:

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As we dig deeper into the box we find the two side wall castings, the window castings, and a packet with Durham's Water Putty.

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Next out, the two end walls.  The castings in this kit are exceptional.  I'm looking at them with a 20 power glass to find defects. Very nice work.

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Next, the roof castings. Cedar shingle hydrocal castings.  This is going to be very interesting.  Can I color them to look like cedar shingles?


Note: Make some test castings to try.  If this works I can see an number of scratch build structures using these castings.

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The steeple roof casting.

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The steeple is made of three castings - here is the middle one.

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Next out of the box is the third and largest steeple casting and some strip wood.