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

[S&S RR]

This next casting is the steps for the front of the church.

[S&S RR]

Finally, in the bottom of the box I found the stain glass for the windows.

[SteveCuster]

Very cool kit. I like the stained glass. You don't see a ton of CC Crow kits built.

-Steve

[S&S RR]

The first challenge for me with this build is going to be to choose the colors for the stones and trim.  I started my build by making two molds so I can play with coloring the castings to help make this decision.  As I'm catching up with this thread,  the molds are curing for these two castings.

[S&S RR]

Very cool kit. I like the stained glass. You don't see a ton of CC Crow kits built.

-Steve

Hi Steve


Yes,  it is a cool kit. I currently have three of the C.C. Crow kits in on my build list. And I see an order going out for a couple more after seeing the quality of his castings and what he offers on his website. 


Here are the other two that I own.

[S&S RR]

My first reaction when I saw the quality of the castings in this kit was to do a double build by duplicating it. I have another spot in mind for a modified version of this kit.  If you do an economic analysis of creating the casting for this kit I would have more money in the mold materials than the price of another $60 kit,  which also would includes the window castings and stain glass.  So I'm going make molds for just a couple of the castings that I know will get used on multiple scratch build projects and buy another kit if I want to go forward with a duplicate.  So tomorrow, my molds will be ready for some hydrocal pours - and the build will begin.  I will be trying many different coloring schemes before I color the original castings from the kit.  I'm not sure about the all white option.  I want this church to look like it was built using the materials available locally in the mountain scene it will be part of.

[NEMMRRC]

Cool kit.

Jaime
Narrow Gauge Convention photos

[S&S RR]

Cool kit.

Jaime
Narrow Gauge Convention photos

Thanks for stopping by Jaime - I hope I do it justice.

[ACL1504]

John,

I'll be following along also.

Tom

[ReadingBob]

Hi John,

Very cool looking kit!  It'll be fun to follow along with this one.

[Zephyrus52246]

Good idea to make a mold so you can try different coloring/weathering techniques before building the kit.

Jeff

[Mark Dalrymple]

I'll be watching, John.

I've often looked at these kits and considered buying one.  Did CC Crow buy this mold from RDA?  The tower and peaked roof look identical to the ones on my Hermanson's mill.  Could you do me a favour and measure the height of those entry stairs - just one of the rises?  Looking forward to watching this one come together.

Cheers, Mark.

[Janbouli]

I agree , great kit from a manufacturer I haven't seen anything from yet, and a material we don't see often either.

[S&S RR]

Well I have a story to tell.  To start with this build is in recovery mode.  One of the roof castings now looks like this.

[S&S RR]

Here is what the casting looked like when I removed the artist board.