New! Wally's Service Station from Menards!

play trains posted:

Sorry Dad, I'm keeping my comments to myshellf!  LOL

THAT would be the first !!!

I'm trying to be a better person while there is still time! See, the meetings are working! LOL

I shell not let myself be sucked into this shell game. I will believe when I can put the shell up to my ear and hear the sound of a beer can opening then I will know it is true. Sitting on the side waiting for the curtain to go up or dad to somehow know and break the news with a video of it already on his layout. Son#4.2

Gilly @N&W---------Grow Up!!..  I'm hoping the moderators delete your picture.

Dad, Playtrains would have said something smooth, but he just cant seam to get out of his Shell! 

Paul that's a good idea! I tried listing to a beer can for the sound of the ocean, all I got was beer in the ear!

Gilly, Love the idea and the picture! That's what this forum is about sharing ideas and fun times!

DMASSO posted:

John Pignatelli JR. posted:

Make it Sunoco and I will buy it. 

Maybe it will have interchangeable signs like the billboard. 

That would be smart Don.

mike g. posted:

Dad, Playtrains would have said something smooth, but he just cant seam to get out of his Shell! 

Paul that's a good idea! I tried listing to a beer can for the sound of the ocean, all I got was beer in the ear!

Gilly, Love the idea and the picture! That's what this forum is about sharing ideas and fun times!

The forum IS about fun times---But at who's expense!!!!

While going through the sponsors at the top of the page I came across this listed under O gauge buildings from Menards for 89.99.......Paul

My Texaco might be replaced with a Shell station after seeing this! Lol

“Service with a smile” at Wally’s Service Station! Click to see more!

Dimensions: 15"L x 9-3/8"W x 7"H

Wally’s Service Station is prebuilt, prelit and ready to go! It features a revolving Shell sign, which is illuminated from below and shines spectacularly. This motor-driven sign is reminiscent of a golden age where porcelain signs were so popular.

This structure contains over 30 LED lights, including 6 gas pumps with prelit globes, and sits upon a beautifully weathered base. Additional accessories include 3 workers, a soda machine, handcart, trashcans, several stacks of tires and Jack the German Shepherd.

Let Wally and his crew fill up your tank and check under the hood.

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Have a Merry Christmas!
Mark the Menards Train Guy

Here's a video of Wally's in action!

Please note the Shelby is sold separately but the jeep is FREE with a $19.99 (or higher) purchase now through December 26th!

-Mark the Menards Train Guy

Haha, Mark, you got scooped!  Nice building, though.  

Great looking station. So now are we going to do like Mobile, Exxon, etc so there's competition in town? 

Just ordered one!!! Looks fantastic!!!

Nice looking building,  but the service station space is already taken.

My ESSO will have competition next door now. Gas War lol.

That is awesome. I don't think I have room but let's try!!

Nice 

Keep it up Menards great buildings and great products, thank you.

Nice looking building but The Wolf has already leased some of my real estate.

.I also have investors knocking on my door to buy a prime piece of real estate for a brewery.  Don't know how much longer I'll keep the piece of property as the taxes keep going up and the community is in dire need of a brewery to boast the economy.

WOW....a GRAND slam for sure!!!! 

Got me one ordered!   I think a may have a heard of Jeeps if Christmas goes my way!! : ) 

Jim : )

You know the funny thing is I haven't hear from Cabinet Bob (AKA. DAD) today! He must already making a new video and taking pictures of where he added to Menardsvill!

mike g. posted:

You know the funny thing is I haven't hear from Cabinet Bob (AKA. DAD) today! He must already making a new video and taking pictures of where he added to Menardsvill!

You think him & Wally are being Shelfish ?

TShearer posted:

mike g. posted:

You know the funny thing is I haven't hear from Cabinet Bob (AKA. DAD) today! He must already making a new video and taking pictures of where he added to Menardsvill!

You think him & Wally are being Shelfish ?

Either that or he just ran out of gas!

Another reasonably priced, nicely detailed and lit structure from Menards.  Thank you Mark and Menard's

Welllll, that sure doesn't look like a brewery to me. At present I'm a little deep in the service station area but will still find a space for this one, it's a good looking piece.  However, I do think it's time for Mark and the gang to do a brewery. I believe I/we are going to have to hire a lobbyist to get my/our project into the production stream.

Heeeeellllo Mark, we want a brewery, we want a brewery, we want a brewery..................................etc. 

HELL YEAH BREWERY! LOL

Nice gas station, really colorful, I have the space so I just ordered it and several other things. 

Dave

Brothers, I bet this station got dad really pumped! Or trying to keep up with all these great new offerings is making him tire d! LOL

This will go great with the other Menards Gas Station I have as it's in the 50's - 60's look. The other probably more of the 30's but they still where around in the 60's and even some in the 70's. Another great building from Menards. 

The more I look at Wally's the more I like the art-deco look.  Fits right in with my era.  One question I have is "do the bay doors open"?  If they do I'm in for another service station.  The other thing that bothers me are the two Shell signs protruding out from the sides.  Those would have to be surgically removed.  So much to ponder.

Hmmmm, don't know how I'm going to explain this purchase to my wife when all I went out for was a roll of Romex and a few outlets for a project I'm working on......

Ken

Another great building. Hope to see a modern service center or maybe a quick stop in the future.

wild mary posted:

The more I look at Wally's the more I like the art-deco look.  Fits right in with my era.  One question I have is "do the bay doors open"?  If they do I'm in for another service station.  The other thing that bothers me are the two Shell signs protruding out from the sides.  Those would have to be surgically removed.  So much to ponder.

I agree about those two signs on the sides. They do not look right to me either. A friend of mine used to own about 15 Shell stations. He said he never saw one in the southern U.S. that had "wing" signs like that. I wonder just how hard it would be to cut those off, and maybe hide the cut marks with tall shrubs or something. Otherwise, a very neat , "must have", structure for my layout.

Jeff

Menards posted:

“Service with a smile” at Wally’s Service Station! Click to see more!

 

Dimensions: 15"L x 9-3/8"W x 7"H

Have a Merry Christmas!
Mark the Menards Train Guys

Mark, What is the thickness of the base and the dimensions of the squares on the base?

Thanks

Menards is nice but my shell station has a bit more details

Nice work Troy

I love this new release, but I, too, am running out of planned real estate. That doesn’t mean I won’t give in.

On the other hand, I would love a modern Kwik Trip-type convenience store. Walters is planning an HO release of a structure that is clearly inspired by that grocery store/gas station design, minus the licensing.

wild mary posted:

The more I look at Wally's the more I like the art-deco look.  Fits right in with my era.  One question I have is "do the bay doors open"?  If they do I'm in for another service station.  The other thing that bothers me are the two Shell signs protruding out from the sides.  Those would have to be surgically removed.  So much to ponder.

I agree, the Art Deco and, the price and lit pumps will set it apart.