2020 Build Challenge - 1920's Gas Station

[JimF]

From Monroe Models. Will be built as stock, except for replacement gravity feed pumps (From JLI)

So, 1st 3 pics, the stock mfr photo, the kit package and the contents laid out in sub packaging.

Jim

[NEMMRRC]

Cool little gas station. I love all the old advertisements. Should be a lot of fun.


Jaime

[JimF]

Next 3 pictures, 1) the metal castings and wire for fuel hoses, 2) the bases and brick wall sections and 3) the rest of the materials for roof, billboard, fencing, etc..

As mentioned, I will be using gas pumps from JL Innovative, because I want to show the clear glass tanks.

I have done some cleaning on the castings, hope to have them primed later, and also to get the driveway edges filed down thinner.

Jim

[JimF]

Thanks, Jamie.

Yes, he has some neat stuff in the kit, gonna be fun.

Jim

[Oldguy]

How did I miss this?  Looks nice.

[PRR Modeler]

Cool looking kit.

[GPdemayo]

I'll be looking in also Jim.....

[ACL1504]

Jim,

I'll be a lurker as well on this one.

Tom

[bandman]

Looks like a fun kit.  I'll be following also.

[Mark Dalrymple]

My how gas stations have changed!

I'll be watching.

Cheers, Mark.

[Raymo]

Looks like a great little kit. Love it!

[ReadingBob]

I'll have an eye on this one as well.  I'm not familiar with Monroe Models so it'll give me a chance to check them out.  Thanks for sharing!   

[JimF]

The long awaited and anticipated update LOL

Finally got back to modeling, and have made some progress.

1st, here's the rest of the parts of the kit, the castings, bases, sidewalks, windows parts, billboard parts, etc...

Jim

[JimF]

Next, I filed the edges or the driveway areas or the sidewalks, then painted them and the main base piece.

Here's where I messed up big time. Got in a hurry, forgot to prime the pieces. As can be seen in the 1st picture, the sidewalks came out OK (they warped a bit, but are pretty flexible. They should be fine, once glued down and weighted while they dry)

I wanted to make the base a bit darker, so added some grey to the mix. It was too thick to spary, so I added more thinner. Too much, it turned out. It sprayed too wet, and that's the base after drying, in the 2nd picture.

And because the paint was too wet, it somehow blue back into the airbrush, and made a mess. In cleaning it, I then damaged the nozzle, so after getting it all cleaned and testing with water, I had air bubbles in the paint cup. Thankfully, Hobby Lobby carries the nozzle, so have now replaced it and things are all good again.

Finally, a 'Shout Out' and big Thank You to Doug Monroe (Monroe Models). I emailed him about buying a replacement base, and he replied asking for my mail address (and giving me a gentle reminder to prime). He sent me, free of charge, a new base, along with the side walk pieces, right away. Great service.

Jim

[JimF]

So now, as of last night, the base is primed, and may actually just go with they grey color and weather it just a bit.

The sign posts and oil lowboys are painted and have the signs/labels in place, the 4 walls are built and painted.

I'm building this as a new business just opened, so things will look pretty freshly painted, weathering will be light.

Will work on the roof and windows, at the minimum, today.

Jim