gas station

Vintage gas station turned into a junkyard in Bernardo Larroude, La Pampa, Argentina

April 25, 2014
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During my recent holidays in Argentina we went to visit our grandma on the countryside. On the way we made a short stop to take some pictures of this vintage gas station turned into a junkyard (desarmadero), tire repair shop (gomería) and garage (taller). As it’s normal in Argentina, I’ve found an interesting mix of […]

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Gas Station Project – Based on the OLD BARN [PART 4]

March 3, 2013
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Finally, I’ve found some inspiration to continue this project I’ve started last year. From time to time, I tend to do smaller things in between, while working on a larger build. While working on this project, I’ve thought about what brand of gas would it sell. I’m still not quite sure about it, but I […]

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From our Readers – Victor Ortiz’s 1/43 and 1/12 scale dioramas

September 18, 2012
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Victor Ortiz is one of our readers from Mexico. He have been building scale models and dioramas for almost all his life and has an extensive model car collection. He recently shared some of his work with us. As he builds in many different scales You’ll find from 1/8 scale highly detailed cars to 1/43 […]

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The Gas Station blueprints and scratch building tutorial are here! [ebook]

July 29, 2012
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Many of you guys have been waiting for this tutorial to emerge. After mayor setbacks and an injured arm, I finally managed to finished this great tutorial, which I consider my best diorama and book ever. This tutorial includes, as all our books, a step by step guide, a parts list, blueprints in 12 different […]

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Gas Pumps for Old Barn Gas Station Project

February 3, 2012
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  As I’m making a gas station, I think it is about time to start with the gas pumps and do some styrene work besides all the woodwork I’m doing, right? I stared by printing the scaled templates out of the bonus material coming with our book “Gas Pump – Making a Gas Pump model […]

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New Gas Station Project – Based on the OLD BARN [PART 3]

December 30, 2011
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I just wanted to share some new thoughts on this project. As you can see on the pic above, the side structure is a bit elevated now. While discussing the project with my brother, he mentioned that the roof extension seemed kind of low. Although a car or a pick would still fit below it, he was […]

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New Gas Station Project – Based on the OLD BARN [PART 2]

December 23, 2011
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  I’ve been working on the “mod” on the OLD BARN to make a Gas Station. I hope you remember my last post. Above, you can see a test fit. The main structure is already glued together, the side structure too (however, the aren’t glued together). I printed out the blue prints (included with the […]

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New Gas Station Project – Based on the OLD BARN

December 3, 2011
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Right after publishing the OLD BARN book, I told Seb I wanted to build the OLD BARN myself. He suggested I could try to make something different, based on the OLD BARN book – there is not much use of having the same barn twice, right? I thought making an old wooden Gas Station diorama could be […]

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Our latest projects are taking shape – Gas Station diorama

August 1, 2011
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Hey guys! Last week my brother and I met to finish some of our latest projects. On the one hand, I was working on the triplet Mustang project and on the other hand my brother was working on the TEXACO gas station diorama. We also took some time to build a “one day rat rod” […]

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