MOC: Sinden Tyre & Rubber Company

[AussieJimbo]

Inspired by LightningTiger's great Michelin shop, I was wondering what I could build for my town.

Thinking back to when I was growing up near Manly, NSW it dawned on me. The man on the tyres.

A bit of googling later and I managed to find a photo of the place from the 60's.

http://www.felicity.com.au/pickled.htm

It was still there while we were growing up and I remember we were sad when it was pulled down in the 80's to make way for a block of flats, though I seem to recall the man of the tyres may have been preserved for a while.

Given the black and white photo I'm not sure of the original colours but I wanted to give orange bricks a run so went from there. (then realised these are the standard Lego garage colours but that's fine)

I intend to add a workshop and tyre showroom but having given the game away in LT's thread earlier I thought I'd take a quick shot of the WIP.

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Comments and suggestions welcome. If you have any links to 60's tyre logos and other signs please let me know.

:classic:

Edited April 9, 2011 by AussieJimbo

[Fuzzylegobricks]

Nice Aussie Jimbo! You really did work fast after LT's thread. I like it and will be excited to see it finished.

[LEGO Guy Bri]

Great MOC 'AJ' The guy on top of the tires is a great detail, very funny! Keep up the great work

[lightningtiger]

AWESOME 'AJ' and you are getting as quick as me !

Fantastic signage, you only need some signage inside the windows hanging down and stuck to the tyres.

What you need to do is look in to what rubber products they dealt in.....was it's radiator hoses and fan belts, did it include rubber tubing or like a Clark Rubber store as well - answering this question will help you finalise the MOC. If this is a 60's MOC, workshop equipment of the period would help the realism too !

Keep this excellent creation of yours going and growing - K.O.B. !

[henryhotspurs]

Ha Ha! Very cool. Gotta love the guy on the stack of tires...

[AussieJimbo]

Thanks everyone, I'm glad you like it.

The man on the tyres was a fond childhood memory. They would change his outfit from time to time so you were always keen to see what he was wearing when you went past on the way down the hill to Manly.

The frontage of the real building was pretty simple so it didn't take all that long to put together.

I was thinking I'd need to use some technic axles and joiners for the tyre stack but in the end it's just a big column of 1x1 rounds. Easy to knock over but stays in place fine it you leave it alone.

Fantastic signage, you only need some signage inside the windows hanging down and stuck to the tyres.

What you need to do is look in to what rubber products they dealt in.....was it's radiator hoses and fan belts, did it include rubber tubing or like a Clark Rubber store as well - answering this question will help you finalise the MOC. If this is a 60's MOC, workshop equipment of the period would help the realism too !

Thanks mate, I'm learning how stickers can really bring a model to life. That extra signage is on the list.

I haven't locked down the era for the MOC, could be anything from the 60's to the 80's, or maybe I decide that in the Lego universe the place survived to the present day.

Knowing what they sold would certainly help in the detailing so I'll have to look into that.

:classic:

Edited April 10, 2011 by AussieJimbo

[XimenaPaulina]

Haha, very nice one AussieJimbo! The tire tower really cracked me up. The whole build is simple yet very true to the real store. You even got the background house and a similar classic car like in the reference image. The only thing you need is a grey-scale version of the photo. Good job overall!

[AussieJimbo]

Thanks mate.

It's fun trying to put a replica scene together when you can find an old photo for reference.

:classic:

[brickyrob]

Great Work - love the colours, the white orange and small amount of grey go really well together. Good Job!