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

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I completed a few more steps on the build today.  First was a base board.  This structure will be mounted on a 3/4 inch plywood surface so I just needed a base for transporting the completed structure to the building site. 

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I cut an acces hatch in all of my structure builds so I can add some of SLIM's special LED lighting when I get it in place on the layout. 

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I just tape the hatch door in place for now.

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I also painted all of the door and window castings.  I need to trim the castings for the front door.  Basically made a double door out of two single door castings.  I chose Mahogany doors for the church.

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I also started coloring the brick steps.  Three shades of brown. 

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Finally, for today, I glued the church to the base board and started adding the window castings and stain glass.

[Vilius]

I like the look of the stone. I see some Vallejo primer in the background. How do you like it?

Vilius

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I like the look of the stone. I see some Vallejo primer in the background. How do you like it?

Vilius

Vilius


Thanks for following the thread - I'm happy with the way the stone turned out.


This is the first build that I have used the Vallejo primer on.  I have been using rattle can primers.  I actually used both on this build.  I will let you know what I think when I use it for the base primer. I brushed it on with this build.

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I'll try to get a better photo, this was in today's local newspaper.  (It was a comedy of errors with their website...)


dave

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I'll try to get a better photo, this was in today's local newspaper.  (It was a comedy of errors with their website...)


dave

Very nice looking church.  I hope you can get a better picture.

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I made some more progress on this build today.  I added the steps and started coloring them. I added the front door and decided I didn't like the way the castings fit in the door way.

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Here is a picture after I added a molding around the door way. This also shows a few more window castings going in.

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You will also notice that I raised the steps up to the proper level with a cardboard shim.  I will cover this with a dirt grade leading up to the stairs. In this case it's hide it with some dirt instead of a bush.

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Next steps:  add the rest of the window castings, add the roof castings, finish coloring the roof castings, and then add some details.

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I have the window castings glued in on 3 sides of the church now.  I also added the first layer of sand to build up the area in front of the steps.