a scratchbashed service station.

[Luvtoscratch]

here is a little HO service station I built out of the junk box --most of it was made from some Plasticville scraps , part of a "sububan house" and a "bank" . The drive way was the house's patio. The gas pumps are scratch built with brass and styrene rod, tires are "O" rings , oil containers also brass and the barrels wood. there was a bucket and squegge for washing windows but it went south.
Thanks for looking.
Dave

[Luvtoscratch]

The rest of the station. With a close up of the o ring tires.
Thanks again
Dave

[Rico]

Wow, looks more like a craftsman kit... great work!
Lovin' the tires!

[Luvtoscratch]

Wow, looks more like a craftsman kit... great work!
Lovin' the tires!

Thanks , but I assure you it was mostly junk box stuff.
The tires are actually easy to do and best of all cheap! What one does is mount the O rings on a shaft that can be put in a drill , then sping them against a sanding disk in a dremel or just sandpaper on the bench till you have a slight flat surface for the tread to go on. Then using a "splatter screen" from the utensil isle at the supermarket. They look like a little tennis racket and are made of very fine screen. I use a torch , but I am sure the gas kitchen stove would work , heat a bit of the screen red hot and with the "tire" on something you can roll it along the screen with burn the tread in. You will only get a bit of a tread at a time so try to make each pass match up with the last. You can get different tread patterns by using different angles across the screen , diagonal to the weave makes "knobby" or snow & mud tires! If you buy O rings at a place like Fastenal they cost about 2 -3 dollars a hundred , if they are too big in diameter , cut them down and super glue the ends together. I use mostly 3/32 to 1/8 thick ones.

Good , treading!
Dave

[Railrunner130]

Incredible!! Very nice work there!!

[Burlington Bob]

No doubt about it............you have talent! Any more tips you would care to share?

[Luvtoscratch]

No doubt about it............you have talent! Any more tips you would care to share?

I could show how to build a neat tool to make the corrugated iron I used on the door of the station, but there seems to be no "tool" page here.

[Burlington Bob]

Post it in Buildings and Structures or General Discussion or post it right here..........it's your thread after all. But, please do post it.

[Luvtoscratch]

Bob , I did , in buildings and structures.

Dave

[Gary B]

Beautiful work! I've been eyeing o-rings for tires for a while but you pulled it off. Being a big plasticville fan, I think your base building is called the 'cape cod' house. The suburban is a very low one story. Either way nice use of it.