- As part of a future diesel servicing facility, I purchased and built a car washing facility offered by Stewart Products. The facility will also include a sand, fuel, and water replenishment area.
- Stewart’s car washing facility is composed of all metal parts. They require a minimum amount of painting and easily assemble using cya glue and Elmers White glue. Unassembled, the kit looks like this.
- The metal pieces require a small amount of filing to remove the flash left from the casting process.
- Next, the pieces should be painted prior to assembly. I used Testors Model Master aluminum and steel colors. Aluminum is for the small control box and steel for the brush holders and spray heads. I also used acrylic black to create a black wash to highlight the details of the doors on the control box. Acrylic black also is used to accent the mountings on the brush holders and spray heads. I finished everything with Testors Dullcote in order to provide a protective coating.
- The instructions for assembly are comprehensive. I encountered no hidden problems during assembly.
- Once assembled, the wash rack components looked like this.
- Next, I constructed trackside concrete pads. I edged the pads with Woodland Scenics Paving Tape and poured Woodland Scenics Smooth-It into the resulting forms. Finally, I painted the pads with Mig Products concrete pigments mixed with water. The pads looked like this.
- The final step was drilling small holes in the pads in which to mount the wash rack pieces. They were fixed to the pads with Elmers White Glue. Here is the wash rack in its final form.
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