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Very nice vintage style Tiger!

I simply love this garage!

Thanks 'LT12V' for your kind words, and wait till I start on the garage/workshop with a car getting a grease and oil change plus that menswear store.....sadly there I will need shock horror.....make some stickers for shirts, etc.,.

Keep watching ! :wink:

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This is very cool. Nicely done. Has a nice "art deco" feel to it.

Thanks 'FishHead' for your kind words.......I love working in the Art Deco world, but sadly I have to wait to power the sign.....it's going to cost me up to 60 bucks for one sign to rotate ? :cry_sad:

Keep watching anyway.... :sadnew:

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Due to cash flow my garage or lubritorim might not be as big as planned.....though it might be a matching pair for the gas station ?

Plus I need money to motorise the roof top sign.......keep watching anyway. :sadnew:

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Thanks 'Iaka' and 'SalvoBrick' for your kind words, now interior is a little on the bare side on the inside......I need to find out what was sold in these 80+ years ago.

Keep watching ! :wink:

I love your project! It really captures the feel of a vintage gas station.

One of the most common items they sold (and many still do) were travel maps. A couple printed map tiles on a display stand would go well in the interior I think. A few oil cans on a shelf on a wall is another suggestion. Lastly, an air pump for tires, perhaps with a child and their bike next to it, would augment the authentic feel.

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I love your project! It really captures the feel of a vintage gas station.

One of the most common items they sold (and many still do) were travel maps. A couple printed map tiles on a display stand would go well in the interior I think. A few oil cans on a shelf on a wall is another suggestion. Lastly, an air pump for tires, perhaps with a child and their bike next to it, would augment the authentic feel.

Thanks, now I was thinking of cans on a shelf, now a stand with maps.....hmm, never thought of that I'll look in to it.

Now I have been designing on LDD the lubritorim and I'll try in the next day or so to start on it's walls......keep watching ! :grin:

lightningtiger

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Cant wait to see the next set of images lightningtiger, this is looking great! You really captured the feel of how I picture historic deco or moderne gas stations (like the links below)

http://www.20th.ch/D...ation_small.jpg

http://www.peachridg...8/texacogas.jpg

Thanks 'PastVPresent'......I hope to have more images up later today.

Now it;s Texaco style I used.....again mainly to do with parts, or the lack of some kinds causing design changes sometimes halfway through a build. :blush:

Keep watching......any suggestions feel free to post them too. :classic:

Edit - Awesome....... :angry: ........Brickshelf is down......yay ! :hmpf_bad:

Edit No 2..................https://www.flickr.com/photos/129193098@N02/

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Well, only a written update now as my wife has hidden the camera :cry_sad: ......anyway, the lubritorim is done except for pavement and a car to sit on the hoist.....I best not forget a car right ? :laugh:

Plus once I have a car built I really hope that I have given the roof enough height for a car on the hoist.......keep watching......I hope to scored the camera back tomorrow. :blush:

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Ah, got you there 'LT12V'......they are grease tools......back in the day a mechanic could use up to six different grease guns depending on the part of the car he (or she) was working on.

I hope to update with fresh photos soon, I should add that time has been an issue as my mum-in-law passed away Wednesday night and my own mum has start cancer treatment....so yeah, Christmas, etc., for little old me is not a happy one this year.

But please do keep watching...... :sadnew:

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Thanks 'TMJ28', I based it in part on early Texaco gas stations.....a lot of time spent researching into it in the last two days.

I only have some interior and pavement work plus a minifig to go inside......so keep watching ! :wink:

Welly our hard work shows off, especially with all of these updates I just saw!

lightningtiger

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Welly our hard work shows off, especially with all of these updates I just saw!

Thanks 'TMJ28', I hope to have the pavement done by new years ad fresh photos up then......yeah, I know it's a while but with my explaination above I hope people understand.

Keep watching ! :classic:

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