Parking lot Fodder / Uh. part of a Crown station

[Eshaver]

Several of you are privy to the last service station I'm doing . It is a replica of a "Twin Chimney " Crown Central service station. I started on the project a good five years ago . Illness set in last year and as such , I had the building finished , not what went outside .

With my health finially improving somewhat, I hope to have this finished by the end of Febuary .........

Ed Shaver

[GTMust]

Thanks for posting this Ed. Hoping to see more of your work.

Tony

[BOSWELL891]

Looks cool

[Eshaver]

Todays update , yes today . The building is nearing FINIAL Completeion. I'm cutting the base , nearly a piece 2 X 4 feet to show it on .

Heres some close- ups :

The lovely an talented Ms. Penny an her twin sister waitng for their cars oil to be changed :

This is a shot of the area where the lift will go in . A car will be placed on the rack and the drop light , ( shown ) will hang underneath :

I'll be back next week with mo Parking lot foder ! Ed Shaver

[Joker]

Stunning work Ed.

The lit Dr.Pepper clock just rocks.

On a side note..this building is on Route 1 next to Green Top Sporting Goods.

It has the "LOOK" ..do you have any info on it? Just need to pick your brain.

This has back ground picture dio all over it.The front corner is a

curved wall of glass blocks.

Front

Back

Edited February 11, 2012 by Joker

[Joker]

Oh..happy to hear you are doing much better

James aka Joker

[Eshaver]

Jim, that former truckstop on Jeff Davis is jus that , a Texaco Truck stop that Hanover County granted Historical status to back in the middle 1980's . I'ts interesting too as it is THE ONLY FORMER GASOLINE station to have been granted such status in the area !!!!!!!! I used to stop there in the 1950's with my father and get a lunch from time to time . It operated as Texaco until I think , 1970 when Union 76 opened a nearby Union over on I-95 in 1972. The building then sat vacant until 1988 when a Trucking company came in and leased the property. They were told then that NO modifications could be made to the main building as it had been designated Histoic by the state of Virginia .

For what it's worth, continue SOUTH on Jefferson Davis HWY, ( U. S. 1 ) and go down by the Model tobacco building . At that point look right and a FORMER Standard Oil or Esso Truckstop with a motel on top built in the late 1930's still stands as a monument to Long haul drivers ............. Ed Shaver

[Joker]

Thanks for the info Ed..

[Dr. Cranky]

Looks great, Ed, that's usually my favorite part of a diorama build: the cement and asphalt.

James, those are some great pictures. Thanks for sharing them.

[Tony T]

Glad the health is improving, Ed!

The station looks great! You got lots of neat detail in there to gander and gauk at!!

[jerseyjunker1]

fantastic. i love all gas station dioramas and this is a great one.super attention to detail. B)

[Eshaver]

Manny, hopefully I can post the finished shot of the project early next week. I'm off to get electrical supplies today . Finially this job wraps up , ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh............................... Ed Shaver

[gasser59]

Nicely done Ed. The old time gas stations hold a special place for me as my grandfather owned and ran an old DX in SW Iowa. Sure wish I had pictures of it as it was built in the 30s or 40s. I used to hang out with him after grade school before heading home.