The counterweight has the face of a slain enemy nailed to each side. I used the following colors, all highlighted with zinc white again.
With all parts painted, I glued the arm and counterweight in place. Then I discovered my first gripe with the model: it is missing all the parts to make it function :-) There is no wheel or lever to get tension on the rope, and there is no attachment point for the rope on the arm. Would I have discovered that earlier, I would have added a hoop to the arm and a hook to the rope or something like that, with everything attached this was too difficult. So I just glued a rope to the underside of the arm, and pulled it taught around the rolled up rope on the winch. Still thinking of placing a rod, that could be used for actioning the winch beside the engine… not sure yet.
Except for some final washes, the engine of war is done. On to the crew.