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Hope you all enjoy seeing this modern but small shopping plaza.   The building and gas pump cover are scratch built.  The gas pumps are a photo on 1/4 wood.   The overall size is 3 ft x 3 ft.  All lights are LED.    Interior photos are curved to add depth when looking at different angles.  I added floors painted to match the colors in the photos.  The last picture is a google earth street view of the building.

Publisher note:  (Last photo removed because this site does not meet fair use copyright guidelines since we are a e-commerce site).

Stu

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@BWRR posted:

Very nice

how did you do the roof on the building?

BW,

The roof on the building is a sheet of 1/8 material painted black then with the paint still wet spread fine ballast and let dry.  I then added scenic cement and more ballast to cover the bare spots.   The pump cover is just painted white then rub with my finger powdered pigment to look dirty .

@p51 posted:

Get some modern cars, a normal and recycle dumpster out back and a lot of trash scattered out back as well, and you'll have done it perfectly.

there are all ways lots of details to add when it is in place,  pavement, parking stripes, sidewalks, grass and bushes, milk crates, dumpsters, trash as you said, rats, trash cans, pallets etc.   Cars do set the time period and on this model the gas pumps are NOT 1960s.   For the picture I do not have any modern era cars or trucks.   I did use some great 3d printed dumpsters years ago but can not remember who i got them from.

@gene maag posted:

Your Models are terrific. Going back in time a little I built a village and city street from before they built shopping centers. Circa 1950's, The posters on the Alexis Theater are Postage Stamps.

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Gene,

I like how your building fronts are not any kit I reconize.   Are they based on existing buildings?   Either way they look great.

Stu

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I wanted to share the changes to the signs and added details.   I raised the roof above the gas pumps to a scale 14 ft.   Added the Diesel pumps, cover and lights.  Added trash bins by the pumps.  Changed the pizza name and image.  Changed the Mister Donut signs to all the same colors and made the man a lot larger.   Added the other business names to the free standing gas sign.  Changed the wording and logo placement on the gas pump cover.  All the signs were made using photo shop, word and printed on glossy photo paper.  They are then put in place using 2" double stick tape.  Removed the safety post from in front of the store.

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Joe,

The gas prices are only because that was the best image I could find for the gas price sign.   It did not come with the store name image from above.   The layout is based on around 1980 so to be more accurate I would have to go back and find the much lower prices.   the sign would probably been the metal or plastic numbers they used to use.   The gas pump cover and gas pumps are also  more modern.   lets call it artistic license.

Well, I stand corrected. Funny how you see something a dozen times a day, like gas price signs, but give no thought to it. Now that I've been looking at them more closely for the last day, I see all kinds of formats: 2.04 9/10, 2.049, 204.9, 204 9/10, and probably others I haven't seen yet. Just another example that there's a real-life example of almost anything you want to model. 😅

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