This is for my slot car layout. It is a work in progress. In the end it will get lights, neon & sound.
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Now that’s cool. It sure is refreshing to see something really different now and then, on here. Is everything in it scratch built? Can’t wait to see the finished product. You should give a detailed description of how you made all the details.
That’s some awesome work.were the snacks and beverages scratched ?
Now that’s nice, and as Jim says, nice to see something a bit different. Amazing detail, are you building anything else to go with it.
I’d love to see your slot car layout too,darn near a forgotten hobby
Wow, just wow.
I’ve seen accessories in 1/24-1/25 for gas stations; not so much in 1/32-1/35.
The old Texaco’s are neat little buildings, They are near-universally built of either clay or concrete block, ans to an exact 8x8x8 module. (other than the glass corner , which is often 4" framing with a 4x4 lally column inside to carry the roof).
There’s a variant, found in Texas & the Southwest where the canopy over the gas pumps has a short mansard roof of 3 to 5 courses of red clay roof tile, this is on the two perpendicular sides of the canopy; every so often on the third, “street” side as well.
Nice!!!
I can almost hear the whirl of the air tool, the ding-ding of a car driving (or a kid jumping [6]) on those little black hoses, and the chimes on the pump as the gallons tick away!!!
WOW, toilet paper in the bathroom!!! Never saw that before![:D]
There is still on of those around here. Its now a store that sells those big decorations (animals, street lamps, fountains, etc) that some people place in their yards.
Other than the lights and sound, I’m calling the interior a wrap. Tonight I made a cash register (styrene w/printed paper details), bathroom keys and a cigarette display behind the counter. I found the image on the net, and then cut a few of the individual packs free from the basic image so I could lean them forward a bit to give it a little depth.
The tools are mostly 1/24th items, but hey, big tool box/little tool box, big air compressor/small air compressor, who can tell? : )
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I definitely remember the old gas station maps. My sister and I would each have to grab one of everything they had. Surprisingly the gas station attendants never questioned why we were both taking so many maps!
Stations near state borders were the best as they would have maps or all nearby states.
Now that is really neat!
Sings:
“You can trust your car to the man who wears the star. The big, red Texaco star!” [:D]
Gary
Dating myself but;
Texaco Star Theatre
Fire Chief, fill up with Fire Chief
You’ll find that Texaco’s the finest friend your car has ever had!
nice work. using printed photos gives it a very realistic look
Very, very nice…although bathroom looks very clean…hehehe…needs more “weathering”
I really liked your work. I always amazed by people who build everything from scratch.
Thank you for sharing.
Just plain cool. I love it. Texaco station brings back memories for me too.
I’ve never seen such a nicely landscaped (for lack of a better term) slot car setup before. It’s like slot car racing meets model railroading. I am very impressed.
WOW complete down to the Mens room John, very nice
Fantastic work! Those were the days where the attendant filled it up, checked the oil and tires then wiped the windshield all at no extra charge.
I remember one of the last of the old-time Texaco stations was in Glendale, California on a street called Canada (pronounced “Can-YAH-dah;” there’s technically supposed to be a tilde ~ over the N like pinata or jalapeno) Boulevard. It disappeared sometime in the mid-1970s.
Nice build!
Looks great! I see two errors: 1) fire regulations require the O2 and acetylene bottles to be chained to the wall; 2) and the most glaring - the mens room actually has TP!! Just kidding…your work looks very realistic.
Where do you get all that stuff from eg; oil can boxes-bags of chips and drink bottles.