Late '50s Store

[Modelcitizen]

This is an unfinished dio of a small-town store/gas station as I remember from my childhood. It's in 1/25 scale. The building is scratch built from basswood, the car is a Re vell '48 Ford, and the figures are from American Diorama. I still need to add gas pumps and a few other details

Edited May 2, 2022 by Modelcitizen
Better photo

[Dominik]

very nice. keep it coming

[Modelcitizen]

9 hours ago, Dominik said:

very nice. keep it coming

Thank you! I'll post more as it progresses.

[TonyK]

Real nice! Gotta be fun to recreate something from an earlier memory.

[Grumpa]

Nicely done Ed. 

[Kenmojr]

Very nice...

[Ace-Garageguy]

Really nice, sure would like to see more.

That green on the Ford looks like one from the Earl Scheib somewhat limited palette for overall repaints. "Any car, any color, $29.95".  

Edited August 16, 2022 by Ace-Garageguy

[cobraman]

I think I stopped there for some Twinkies on a road trip years ago !   Nice.

[Tom Geiger]

Nice work!  I guess that mechanic needs to fix a few more cars to save up for gas pumps!   

[bismarck]

On 8/16/2022 at 3:00 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:

Really nice, sure would like to see more.

That green on the Ford looks like one from the Earl Scheib somewhat limited palette for overall repaints. "Any car, any color, $29.95".  

I was actually a customer of his at one time. Bugs, dirt, road grime. It was all the same to them at that shop. Lol. But it did the job at the time. ?

[TNT]

That is cool. Like the green. The other side of town where we live still has an old general store. Wooden plank floors and all. It was an O.O.F. building. Used to have one liers bench new owners put out 2, one on the left and one on the right. Used to get up on sundays to go get a paper and hang out to hear the old guys stories. 

[speedboy57]

cool

[Modelcitizen]

A bit more than a year later, it's finally done!

[TonyK]

Wow!

[NYLIBUD]

On 12/29/2023 at 7:48 PM, Modelcitizen said:

A bit more than a year later, it's finally done!

Edited December 31, 2023 by NYLIBUD

[charlie8575]

I like this.

Charlie Larkin

[Bugatti Fan]

That's a lovely compact diorama with plenty going on.

[doctor phillips]

You did a great job this! It sure takes me back to my childhood.