It has taken over a month but this is the 4th and final installment on this project. It has been an enjoyable project and I have taken my time with it. Being satisfied with the interior details, I installed the roof decking and the roll roofing material that came with the kit. After the roofing material was installed, I painted it a dark green.
I did some more work on the pump island, adding water and air hoses made from .020 brass wire on each end. No smoking decals were added the posts, and more details with paint and decals were added to the pumps.
One of the things I remembered about the gas station I worked at in high school was the tub of water they had to find the leak in a tire so I included something like that seen here as the yellow tub at the corner of the building next to the Coke machine. I also added the hoses that would ring a bell whenever a car rolled over them. Those were done with some small black wire.
The roof over the pumps was just large enough to mount the large Sinclair signs that came with the decal set. The roof got some plumbing vents over the rest rooms and a TV antenna. The exterior walls got a light weathering using brown detail wash and the roof got a light dusting with weathering powders.
The sign on the pole is made from decals that came with the set. The sign with the prices was made as a paper sign printed out from the computer and glued to a scrap of styrene. The prices are about what I remember paying in the mid to late 70's before they just about doubled in 1979.
So with the completion of the gas station, all of the structures along Main Street have been finished. There will always be little things that can be added and there are still things I want to do with the rail yard.
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