Messing around I came up w/this little O Scale tire repair shop. It's based on our new "First Timer Bar" kit. I like the way the signs came out. They are all paper, applied w/white glue.
Yeah, I know, the chimney is crooked, I straighted it after the pics, was just too lazy to reshoot. : )
I get bored of my creations quickly so it's listed on the auction place if youo're interested.
Randy Pepprock
Downtown Deco
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Randy, I have to say, besides the signage, it doesn't look like a tire shop to me.
JMO.
What I meant to say is that this is the office of a tire repair shop. You'd need to build a wooden or wire "junkyard" type yard/area for the stacks of old tires & rims. : )
Randy
Office makes sense. 
I am familiar with a used tire shop that has a couple of little tin buildings, including
one for an office (I mean TINY), and a larger temp. metal building as a waiting room for customers, and a fenced yard at the back holding stacks of tires>
Most of the property is a rough paved and gravel lot in front around which they roll jacks to lift cars.
Back in the 50's, tire shops in the city were often buildings like this situated next to a vacant lot. The lot became a storage yard for tires and served as a place where workers could install tires using portable equipment. Service bays?....never. The guys just worked in the weather year round.
The better/newer tires were stored in the building behind the desk or whatever else that served as the sales counter. That classy tire sign would indicate that this was one of the better establishments.
Neat kit, Randy.
Jim
Hi Randy,
Nice looking structure and I agree with you about the signs. You said they were paper, did you take and sand the back side of them until they were "less than paper thin" ? Also did you dilute the white glue before applying? I haven't done any signs in so long that I'm pretty fuzzy on the techniques and figured that there may be a new way out to attach them to the bulding sides.
Thanks for posting.
Thanks for the kind words. The signs are paper. The way I applied them is with full strength elmers glue. I did not thin the paper. I apply the glue to the back of the sign in a thin layer, then quicky position and press into place. The secret now is to take a piece of thin plastic, like from a sandwich baggie, and place it over the sign. Now run a fingernail along each horizontal row of brick, followed by general burnishing. I did all the signs on this structure ina bout 10 minutes, so it does not take long. To finish it off I brushed on some chalks.
Randy Pepprock
Downtown Deco
PS. This structure is still listed on ebay. I lowered the price but if it does not sell I'll just put it into staorage.
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