The subject of our first Limited Edition structure kit is a neighborhood filling station from the Golden Age of Ornate Gas Stations. Built in Harlingen Texas around 1925, it was in operation until the late 1980s. The distinctive Spanish Revival / Mission style, typical of small commercial storefronts of the 1920s, was often emulated by oil corportations, in towns, large and small, throughout the USA. Stiff competition between oil companies, spawned by the automotive and gas station building boom of the 1920s, led to great attention to style and corporate image in station design. Visual appeal and cleanliness were key to attracting passing motorists.
This accurate scale reproduction showing the station circa 1945-1965 will surely capture attention on your model railroad.
Approximate footprint 2.5" x 3". Kit includes laser cut parts to assemble the station, pumps and pump island. The station has stucco texture and is our first to feature unique 3D engraving, such as the shell motif over the front door and our hyper realistic brick rear wall. Also includes realistically posed Venetian blinds for the windows and pre-cut color printed signboards for the hanging Shell sign. (You will need to make your own pole to hang it from.)
Pumps are finely detailed "mini kits" and include clear acetate glazing over the printed pump faces, nozzles, hoses and of course micro printed Shell decals.
Illustrated, easy to understand instructions will guide you through every step and includes hints on painting and finishing. The kit has small parts and will require some minor seam filling. It is intended for experienced model makers only. Cars not included. Mailbox available separately.
LIMITED EDITION OF ONLY 200
Price $34.50
FREE FIRST CLASS POSTAGE inside the USA.
(If ordering outside USA, please add $5 for postage.)
Turn this classic Atlas oldie...
The first three runs Vectorcut's most popular kit sold out.
Now with ultra-fine Lazerboard windows!
Price $39.50
A victorian jewel in HO: the Old Station at Weston, MA. Amazing Multi Media laser cut kit. This classic small town
depot is especially attractive for its compact proportions and detail. From the signal mast to the hip roof, freight dock
and station master's bay window, it has all the best features of an American RR station in a small package.
The kit design is optimized for producing as accurate and detailed a model as practical in this scale. For example,
the battens are engraved into the walls so that they are scale thickness and correctly spaced as per the prototype. This would have
been impossible using commercial milled basswood. This kit will challenge your skills more than the average kit but
careful building will reward you with a competition grade miniature right out of the box. One of the finest craftsman kits on the market.
7.25" x 4.5" footprint.
Price $130 Back in Stock LIMITED AVAILABILITY. Customers outside USA, please contact me regarding postage.
Price $25
COMING LATER!
HO Mining Town Newspaper Office. Price TBA
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... into this modern masterpiece!
An HO scale national landmark: St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Port Gamble WA. This is an upgrade set
for the plastic Atlas "19th Century Church" kit, with super fine window sashes, glazing and trim.
