Building the “O” scale Crow River “Stationary Gas Engine”
I got this white metal kit in the mail along with a bunch of other goodies a few weeks ago, and decided to start building it, to use it to “power” the Sugar cane hoist I’ve build last year, but haven’t described here yet.
1)I began building the kit by filing and sanding the flash off the parts. I havent done too many white metal kits before this one, but the flash was not bad and it took me about 15 min to get rid of it all.
2) I began by painting all the parts with a flat black Krylon primer out of a spray can. I did not particularly care that it fully covers, because more coats of other spray were to follow, so it wouldn’t matter
3) Then I assembled together the base, water tank and cylinder of the engine, as is suggested in the instructions, since these should be painted as a single unit
4)Next came a quick coat of Valspar Terracotta, once again out of a spray can.
5)After this I left all the parts dry overnight, something that I should make a habit of.
6) Next DAy I began by test fitting all the parts, and making sure they all come together fine, by filing down, and drilling out. These operations were minimal though.
7) Then a random series of acrylic washes of various earthy and rusty colours came, followed by an AI wash
8) Once dry this was followed by a few coats of hairspray, and left to dry.
9) Then I brush-painted all the surfaces that needed paint with an Acrylic “Plantation Green” and let dry.
10) Next day I tried to scrape away at the painted surfaces with a stiff dry and then moist brush, but nothing happened, and if anything did, that took the paint off along with all the layers up to the terra cotta (SHIT!!!!!) the moral of this step, therefore is….stick with what works!!!! (rubber cement method for me)
11) Next I assembled all the white metal parts and did the skid (scraped lightly with an x-act knife and AI’d it)
12)Finally brushed it with Bragdon’s Dark and Light Rust colours as well as Soot.
13)Took pictures
14)still to come sparkplug, wire and carburator…….that’ll need to be scratchbuilt….soon
Pics of some of the steps outlined above, as well as some final ones:
Alex
