There was this one lot left on Main Street that I have planned to have either a gas station or grocery store. I had considered doing a gas station with the garage being converted into a convivence store but then realized that is a more recent trend and might not fit in with my mid 70's to mid 90's era.
I had this gas station kit left over from an estate. It looks like a well designed laser cut wood kit that I have been looking forward to building. But it seemed to me to be a different style of building than most gas stations I have seen so was not sure how it would fit in.
As I have done with the other buildings on this layout, this scene will be built on a removable base made from fiberglass reinforced plastic sheet. It was verified that this building would fit on this base and leave enough room for the surrounding scene.
So, a gas station it would be. But what brand, or should it be an independent? After looking through some photos of gas stations on the internet, I found inspiration in this photo of a Sinclair station housed in a smaller, but similar style of building as my kit. This photo will also serve as a guide for paint colors.
Microscale makes a nice decal set for Sinclair gas stations. I'll be making a trip to the local hobby shop to look for it and if they don't have it, I will have to find it on line.
I built an HO scale gas station and had to purchase several sets of Sinclair decals. I have some left, and if they are of any use to you (they are probably too large) just let me know. I still owe you for the N scale Japanese trolley/tram.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the offer, but as you say they will be too big. My local hobby shop did not have what I needed despite having a large inventory of decals so I ordered directly from Microscale. It's amazing how many decals you can put on a gas station. Years ago I built the Showcase Miniatures N scale gas station and used 64 decals from 2 different sets.
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