How about this for a gas station?

I like this concept. I wish I were as taleted as you. Looks like it will be a terrific station.

Looks very good.

I like it! I would purchase a kit depending on the difficulty level of assembly. Can't wait to see finished product.

I have admired this postcard for a few years, so I'm glad you are making a model. Can't wait to see the finished product.

Being a car hobby guy too......I love gas stations.  And having created masters for resin casting you do good work. It would be a great subject for a limited kit.....but that's a tough market.

It looks like it would make a great kit.

Nice...like others above, I like gas stations, vintage ones.  I prefer regional gas

companies (mosly defunct nowadays), but the structures seem to pass from

company to cpmpany. even today.  I have seen similar stations that may not

have been Gulf.  This is a different style than any kit I have seen, which is a good

thing.  More and more resin work shows up on here...maybe it is something I need

to learn.  We all await photos of the finished model.

Marty I like your build very much and would buy a kit if it were to become available.

Go for it. I would say that this will appeal not only to model RR'ers, but to model car collectors, and even those how collect 1 ft to the 1 ft scale cars.

It is great. I too would be on of the first in line to buy this kit.

So I say, go for it.

I love it! A suggestion I will make is that if you do decide to make this available commercially, you should also make the gas pump available by itself. There is a serious dearth of true 1/48 scale gas pumps out there.

It looks like something I'd like, too.

It's a great looking station. I look forward to seeing more as you complete it.  

Marty,

Great looking model of a period gas station, probably 1920's through 1940's, during our family vacations I saw some former period gas stations from the 1920's through the 1960's. Wondering if you were from the Chicagoland area by your Forum ID can it mean 1969 Camero from Nickey Chevrolet in the the 1960's, to bad you could not reverse the letter K. Another legendary car dealership in Chicago in the 60's,  Mr. Norm's Grand Spaulding Dodge. In the 60's, I had a 66 Goat, Tri-power, posi, 389, blue body ,black interior, 4 speed, wish I had it today, my opinion best looking goat from 1964 through 1967, was the 65 ragtop and yes ethyl gas was 30 cents a gallon. 

john your 100% correct used to live in Chicago and the car  was a 69 Camaro SS that Nickey installed a L88 427 with aluminum heads M22 4 speed and a 513 12 bolt service package rear end and again 30 cent a gallon premium gas those were the days. if your from that area do you remember skip's drive in at north av and 1st? Spent too many hours there as well as Oswego US30 and Union Grove drag strips. still have the car by the way. My son is building a drive in that resembles skips. When he finishes the gas station that will probably be next up marty  

Marty,

It looks great. If it comes out as a kit count me in.

Ken

There is a station like this in Raleigh, NC on the corner of Oberlin and Fairview Roads.  It has been converted to a dry cleaning place by enclosing the bay.  They did a nice job and kept the details of the building.

Great job on the model, looking foward to the kit.

George Lasley

Looks great. Count me in when/if the kit comes out.

Hey Marty, sometime you get a winner, I grew up in Chicago Heights, a Southsider, used to go Sunday afternoons to US 30 dragstrip and sometimes to the stockcar /midget races at Raceway Park in Blue Island on Friday/Saturday evenings. I can still recall the Nickey Chevrolet and Mr. Norms super stock dodge commercials, Dick Biondi , Wolfman Jack, Larry Lujack and Little Tommy, no more animal stories or silver dollar survey.

I am curious about how you made the master patterns with a laser cutter. Did you cut out pieces from several sheets and then stack them to achieve the various protruding brick faces and the notched tab details?

Just a little update, Finally finished the base and island, decided to put some cracks and nicks in the "concrete" to give a little touch of realism. Also notched to hold the building in the right spot. They are fresh out of the mold tonight!

Also finished the moldings on the building, I think it turned out awesome and close to the real look!

If all goes right, I should be close to laying some color on the building this weekend! Hopefully have some updates beginning of the week!

It's coming together quite nicely.

Cant wait to see the pumps. Great work.

that is a very nice and well none gas station

Finally have everything finished in the casting process and was able to start laying down some color, its not finished but a good stopping point for today.