Picked up this gad station kit and for $15.00 it's not too bad. Not a lot to it but for my purpose it works great. I looked at one for $34.95 and thought I was going to have to go without gas, and replace all the cars and trucks with horses.
Yeah, that's a nice kit! Very prototypical but yet it will fit into a small area. I have it but have not put it together yet. Looks great on your layout! Russ
Hey, where'd you get it from. I've been looking for a gas station, but haven't really found one that I like.
It's a City Classics Kit. The kit name is 401 Crafton Ave. Service Station. Paid $14.95 at my LHS. Actually comes with two pump islands and light posts for each island, non working, although I did not use them. Hey for $15.00, it works.
Looks nice. Just like I recall them from the 1950's. The angled pump island reminds me of a place we used to own. Boxcab E50
WOW a service station attendant!!! I almost remember them (large amounts of sarcasm).... Good to see i think, works well, looks like its always been there, needs some oil stains around the pumps though its got the Must have coke/pepsi machine, and Ice. Do the doors on the workshop open? I am askin a bit much but would add a lot more to it.. Good work!
When I first saw your photos a month or so ago I knew I had to find me one of these City Classics filling stations. It needed some bashing but is very close to a Sinclair station I wanted to model. I will have to get some photos taken and post them. It ended up as a mirror image of the "as built" kit.
I did this kit as a Sinclair station. Goes together well. I've accumulated other gas station kits, probably enough to create quite the competitive landscape on my pike...
The San Deigo N scale club in Balboa Park had/has several gas station built by Norm Wright. They are fairly simple but the usual Norm Wright excellence. I think these were done in a group about 6-7 years ago. Anyone have pictures of these?
Use a thicker styrene??? I don't think I've ever had a problem with the styrene curling. I believe that these roads are .030" thick and they are glued down with Elmers wood glue.
William, I've never had a problem with thick styrene curling. That's 0.40" to 0.60" thick. Thinner styrene might curl if painted on one side only. I've had major problem with matte board curling--which is the majority of my roads. I think I;m going to have to replace all of the matte board with styrene--I did buy a 4 x 8 sheet. [Edit] That's 0.040 to 0.060", of course! Mike S., Boy I'm really going to have to change my station now . Just too many Gulf stations hanging round. Pete [ 10. June 2004, 22:08: Message edited by: Pete Nolan ]
Thanks, Mike. I have a sheet of black .04" (I assume you meant that, and not really 0.4" - that's almost half an inch think ) styrene I bought for my roads. I also use a few pieces of .03 and .04 for "flats" against my backdrop, and the one with the heaviest paint on it is curling something wicked. Perhaps I should just apply glue to the whole surface, and not just a few dabs, as I have now.
William, Yep, I meant 0.040 to 0.060. My formatting probably led you to think that Mike Skibbe was replying, but it was actually me. Sorry, my bad--I could format things more clearly. Lots of glue! The little dab will do ya approach doesn't work. Pete
