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Thanks Mark.I was very lucky to have some excellent original photos that made it very clear where I needed to add the most weathering.Evidently any photos of Indian Gasoline stations are extremely rare in the world of petroliana memorabilia.

Thanks for the kind words fellas!I appreciate it a lot.Sometime I think it's as hard to get the photos posted as anything I do.Thanks goodness for friends willing to help an old guy out.

Very nice diorama!Very realistic looking with great attention to deatils.Thanks for sharing with us.

This a 30 photo post on the creation of my first attempt at building a diorama.This is a photo op for photographing my model car projects.It is replicating the two story back side of a fictious brick 1881 factory building.http://public.fotki.com/misterNNL/acme-gear-and-steam-2/

Walt.I have also looked at that barn book.I have a coulpe questions also.When you order the plans do you specify what scale you need and then you only get that set of plans or do you get them in all of the scales they offer?What scale are you building in?This part of Ohio has a lot of very old barns still standing that were built over 100 years ago so there is a lot of readily accessible reference buildings available to photograph and measure.No substitute for accurate examples to refer to. I would think a 1/25th scale barn is going to be a BIG project and would require a lot of materials.If you cecide to use basswood please remember that Hobby Lobby offers a 40% discount coupon on line every week if you just sign up for it.That way you can plan ahead and buy the stuff you need at a reduced price.Not a bad deal.

Thanks Richard.I know my password.What I am trying to do is unlock a photo file that I accidently locked and made password accessible only.I sent an email to fotki customer support last week but have not gotten a reply from them.

I'm hoping someone can help me with a problem.I built a photo op dio before I built the Indian station and have a couple dozen photos in a Fotki photo file that I'd like to share.My problem is that I've accidently password protected it and don't know how to unlock it so it can be posted and shared.Doers any one know how to unlock the file without starting over? On my workbench:1920 Olds speedster hot rod chopped 1937 Studerbaker hot rod bus 1951 Anglia phantom 3 window high boy coupe hot rod On my drawing board:1/25 scale drawings of a local 1880 brick one room school house

Thanks Ron....I have always liked vintage gas stations and have been collecting photos of local ones for years thinking that someday I would finally get motivated to build something.Seeing the original Indian station photos from right here in town was the tipping point that finally got me started.In that same batch of old photos I also found a 1920's brick Sinclair station that was within one block of the Indian staion and litterally across the street from it.That may be my next project but first I have to finish this build by creating a base for it with oily gravel,the service pit,a rusty junk pile out back,and on and on and on.I see it all in my head and am anxious to get going.First I have to find some 2"thick blue builders foam without have to buy a whole 4' x 8' sheet of the stuff!Stay tuned for more progress photos.Have a great holiday season.....Tom

Great job!Very realistic details and color choices.Everything is in perfect scale and balances nicely.

Thanks.I have just posted 5 more photos into my album showing the beginning of the outdoor wooden drive up service ramp and grease pit for this diorama if anyone's intrested in following along.Hope everyone has some time to build during the holidays.If you do have fun with it!

Thanks for the kind words Charlie.Another loss to education here in my humble opinion is that with the exception of a short period of local hisotry in the third grade(!)history is no longer taught.As a member of a small local historical society here in town I voluntarily visit our local third grade class annually a give a little talk about what local history. I give the teacher some 1900-1915 era postcards and photos of places within a 3 block radius of the school.Remember this whole vilage is only basically about 6 blocks square so everything is close.She shows the pictures on a classroom screen and we talk about what they are seeing then take a walk to visit those same exact places to show what they look like today.We take another couple of hours on another day to visit out small historical society museum with those same kids and their absolutely love it. When those kids recognize me on the street and say hello because we spent a little time exploring the local history tells me they enjoyed it and that experience will probably stick with them .

Tom,I used basswood where it was applicable when I built my 1925 Indian gas station dio this past spring and used Loctite superglue gel almost exclusively.I am not patient waiting for stuff to dry and will somtimes put the superglue on one surface and "kicker"on the other.The alignment has to be right on the mark for correct alignment the first time but it surely speed up construction.Another suggestion would be to have some small clamps handy to hlod the beams tight togeather reguardless of what adhesive you use. Of course everyone has their own methods that work correctly for them.I would suggest testing diffrent glues until you find what works right for you and the project.I have looked at that same set of plans on line more than once and given serious thought about doing a post and beam barn.There are a lot of those barns around here built in the 1880's.A lot of those still have their original slate roofs.Unique to only the barns in this area I'm told are those with the family name spelled out in contrasting color slates.This was a common thing done by the Eurpoean German ancestors of those early immigrants coming to this part of Ohio in the mid 1800's. Be sure to post your progress here so we can all follow along with the build and most importantly....have fun with it! Tom Woodruff

Brad,thanks for the kind words.This was my first attempt and most of the procedures came from sites just like this one. The pump ornaments are made by CTH sales and marketing,1860 west winchester Rd,Libertyvile,Il,60048.Their website is cthcollectibles.com. their phone is (847)549-6425. Mine came in a set of 6 pieces with the Texaco sinage and colors.I also have some in yellow and are sold with Shell co.logos and colors.The CTH site is cluttered wirh a lot of products for John Deere and College logo stuff so I suggest going to EBAY.I found a set of the Shell pumps on there now by searching under CTH gas pump ornaments.I tried copying and pasting that link but I am really not very good at those things at all.Using my very handy Murphys Rule scale ruler these scale to 7'9"tall so if you need some visible top pumps for a vintage station dio these are great.Nicely detailed and only needing to be repainted. I hope this helps.Good luck!!