My Model snap shots From this week.

Nice work Erik! Looks like the old dude on the porch will have to get the lawn mower going on his lawn pretty soon. Thanks for posting!

The old couple is stunningly realistic.

Superb, Eric. 

 

Looks like Grannie's dropped off. 

Nice work Erik

Erik, your work looks good, especially the Standard Oil station. I can envision it on a dusty country road with a couple of boys on bikes pulling up to an old wooden coke ice box sitting out front. Keep up the good work and thanks for posting.
Ray.

I like your old timey guard rail posts Erik.  Reminds me of some that still exist on state road 194 in Northwestern N.C.

Erik, nice job on the gas station. I love that it's so open. I added an interior to mine. First time I ever added interior detail, but it needed it.

Eric,

 

Great shots as usual.

 

Ron H

Thank you guys

I appreciate the polite comments

Been a long week for me, but have been following your posts. As usual great shots. Love the depth of the first one. Gas station looks great and look forward to see it on the layout. Let the old folks know I be over Tuesday to cut the grass for them.

well done!!

Here's some shots of Erik's models on our club layout at today's Train Show in Colorado Springs.  Erik certainly adds a lot of life to our club!

: )

 

It's small details that add so much......Erik's 4 pane window, in the service station  flipped open, is so reminiscent of the '30's and '40's. And the overall dinginess of the station is perfect!

BTW, there is a collection of books describing historic gas stations plus some preserved stations, such as the 1918 Standard Oil station in Rochelle, IL, which are keeping alive an important piece of American history. Also there was an array of historic gas pumps through the years......I'm sure we have all read the name Tokheim on a gas pump somewhere in our past! 

http://www.roadarch.com/gas/ilcan.html        (the Rochelle station is in the middle of the page)

I like the dirty look of the Gas station and that wheel Brace is sitting right where you need it next to the hoist ready to pull some wheels off not like nowadays with all these "rattle" guns.

I worked in a place like that when I was young.

We were tough in those days. Ha Ha.

Roo.

Thank you guys!

I appreciate the kind words and input, encouragement!

Great shots, nice detail as usual.

I missed this last month!  Excellent detailing Erik!  I really like the composition of the scenes.