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[ronr]

I dont like the lift either Ed......I`ll probaly modify it before I`m finished.......I did remeber one thing that was missing.......A discared tire pile:

[ronr]

Just a few updates;
Modified the lift, finished the compressor,added outside lights and an old rusty coupe sent to me from Australia. Geeze...........I wish those guys would flush the john and unplug the drop light when the are done.

[Sixties Sam]

Wow! Incredible detail! Very well done. You even have two restrooms. I assume the one with the toilet seat up is the men's room! Someone must have done a Dukes of Hazzard jump to bust up the front end on that rusty old coupe!

[ronr]

Getting close to being finished, added: vent pipes for gas storage tanks, meter box and weather head, lights to the over head I-Beams, gas pumps, oil cans, welder, lube man, shed over air compressor,and out side water hose.












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[Eshaver]

Ron , nice to see that you're paying attention to some of the advice I'm trying to pass along . I looked at the lift very closely I might add. Well done ! I think you have captured the essesence of a " Teauge " station very nicely . Ed Shaver

[ronr]

Thanks Ed. Now its down to the small details, I can tinker with them until November. Bill I have no idea how many hrs I have in it. I guess 3-4 hrs a day since I started it. If I had to guess, I would say around 3-4 hundred hrs.

Edited by ronr, 11 October 2009 - 06:25 AM.

[ronr]

I guess its close enough to call Complete:

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[George]

Ron there are people who dis-like the MRC Texaco station for one reason or another,but I think they make good starting points for dioramas such as the one you and I have built.You did an oustanding job on yours and I know your not done because your truly never done with a dio that big,there's always more detail you can add down the road.Thanks for the pic of the vent pipes running up the side,I never thought of doing that and I'll have to go back and add that detail.You got me hooked on this and I know I'll be going back from time to time checking out more detail,not that I want to copy yours.......I'm just saying.


Keep up the great work Ron.

[Eshaver]

Ron , I still fail to see how you are going to heat the place in the winter time . Where you have the tire changer , there should have been a Utility room . I know what working in such a place is all about too. I worked in a fprmer Texaco/ Fina station with no heat in Dallas Texas once . Never again , I beleive that was the fomation of several of my current health ailments I suffer from today . Ed Shaver

[Harry P.]

Pretty cool!

Tell me about your sources for stuff like the phones, the toilets, the vending machines, etc. There are so many cool scale items there... where did you get them all from?

[1320wayne]

Excellent job Ron. It will be cool to see this one up close and in person at Atlanta. It will also be cool to have two good sized dioramas on display there with the one that I just finished. Can't wait.

[ronr]

Thanks for the comments guys. Wayne look me up at Atlanta. Chuck and I are both bringing Dios. Should be some good eye candy in the Dio Section.
Harry, to answer your question:
I used 2 MRC Texaco stations with the tools ond accessories that come with them.
Rest room sets, pay phones and ton of other goodies came from Scale Models By Chris. He has a lot of cool dio stuff from tools all the way to cardboard boxs.
Scale Equipment LTD supplied a lot of the smaller detail items, desk sets and such,
Fujimi Garage & Tools supplied tools and accessories.
I bought a Great Garages kit years ago and it had tons of good detail items in it.
Figures:
Tamiya Campus Friends
" Rally Mechanics
Fujimi Figures and interior sets
" Drivers Figures

Alot of stuff was Scratch built, Tire Machine, Work Benchs, Lights, Electrical Outlets, Meter box, Breaker box. just to name a few.
The Tree is a peice of California Silver Sage Brush with Woodland Senics detail foam added to it.

A lot of the items were collected over the years, I`m somewhat of a pack rat.

I enjoyed building it......well most of it........and hope everyone enjoys looking at it.
Ron Royston

[George]

Congratulations Ron on a Top Ten at the Atlanta NNL.Well deserved,my friend.

[ronr]

Thanks George. It was an honor to make the Top Ten.