ARTEMIS1759 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 (edited) So here we got a 51 Chevy 4100 Tow truck I did and a Dealership that is abandoned that inspired me to redesign my shop. It was abandoned about 20 years ago which is a shame because it is so beautiful and I could not imagine how it looked with all it's neon lit up. It is so delapitated that it would take someone with a butt load of money to restore or rebuild it for another purpose. Wouldn't mind the signage though. My version is circa 1957, It is still a WIP. I would imagine all the glass blocks in the showroom were backlit. Edited February 9, 2012 by ARTEMIS1759 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARTEMIS1759 Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 (edited) More......I am not sure what fuel was sold but (correct me if I am wrong) it sure looks like it had a station built into the corner as a few dealerships did back in the day. Edited February 9, 2012 by ARTEMIS1759 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTMust Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 So here we got a 51 Chevy 4100 Tow truck I did and a Dealership that is abandoned that inspired me to redesign my shop. It was abandoned about 20 years ago which is a shame because it is so beautiful and I could not imagine how it looked with all it's neon lit up. It is so delapitated that it would take someone with a butt load of money to restore or rebuild it for another purpose. Wouldn't mind the signage though. My version is circa 1957, It is still a WIP. I would imagine all the glass blocks in the showroom were backlit. Is this a project your working on.... or just a computer design excercise? It would certainly make a great (but huge) diarama. I would love to see it being built. I'm a little confused about your intention. Maybe I'm just missing something? Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARTEMIS1759 Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 (edited) Oh I don't have money or time at the moment but yes I plan to build a dio of my shop to use for models and then use it as a representation for my 1:1 when I build it and now it looks like I will be building a dealership too. I mess around with google sketchup which is a free CAD program. It is good for me because I have a million ideas running around my head. To date I have done a different version of my shop, numerous cars and trucks, my dream log cabin and the Palace Amusements amusement park in Jersey. As I have said in other posts this program would be great for all you dio builders out there. Because everything can be made to scale. Edited February 9, 2012 by ARTEMIS1759 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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