Modern SHELL Gas Station 1:24, scratch

[sportracer02]

Hi,

for this years http://www.modellautoausstellung.de/ in Frankfurt, which took place last weekend, Mike Gräber (Mikezibit), Frank Finkler (FraFi) and me decided to build a modern gas station in 1:24.
Plans were made early this year and here is the finished project:












I must say I enjoyed the project very much. Mike and Frank met a couple of times, I made my part and sent it to Mike.
Starting early made the project rather stressless, of course there were some things to do twice, Mike and Frank managed it to finish everything to the deadline.


Here some progress photos:

Frank drew the gas pump on the computer, a friend was milling the parts. It was my part to glue them together, paint and detail them:




together with the pillars for the roof






and the resin cast bases




Mike also cast the gas pump nozzles




He then made the alu-frame for the roof






and filled it with light







With the glass and the light getting closer to the finish




Yellow foil makes it look like SHELL




Some red foil, "SHELL" is still unfoiled





Electrics







The interior of the tower, which is comletely Frank´s work

[voyageur]

You guys really rocked the show! This petrol station is nothing short of amazing! Well done and much respect. It has to be seen in person, the pictures don't do it justice.

[Robi J]

Originally Posted by voyageur

It has to be seen in person, the pictures don't do it justice.

Yes. I was there: you did a superlative job, really...

[dpbeetle]

The secret is disclosed!


You three guys,

after many weeks of getting tiny featureless pics from parts of the growing diorama, we now know what it is. You picked our noses. It was a great pleasure to see the result of your work!

[ricrosar]

Simply amazing diorama!

[avd]

Wow that gas station look totally awsome.

[quadzero]

What a fantastic work of art. This thing is truly alive. You guys did an amazing job on this and the lights really bring this diorama to life. All that is missing is your T-Max Scooter parked somewhere there. Super job.

[360spider]

That's awesome! Very nicely made.

[OWhite3]

Originally Posted by 360spider

that's awesome! Very nicely made.

x2!

[generationx]

Brilliant, and the fuel's cheap too!

[bejonek]

Superb!

[Kjenjak]

Totally awesome! I'm sorry I've missed this!

[sportracer02]

Thx guys !!

Originally Posted by Kjenjak

Totally awesome! I'm sorry I've missed this!

No problem, it will appear again here and there , so there will be some more opportunities to see it

[Greg23]

Porsche club meetings at the gas station? :-P

This is a sleeper. At first look it doesn't seem too exciting until you start looking at the details.

[da_ashman]

Seen this all over Facebook, Simply amazing work guys!!!
I'm a Signwriter & know what goes into illuminating lightboxes etc & all i can say is youve got it damn perfect! Simply amazing