D. Krakow Auto Repair in 1/87 scale

[Chuck Doan]

Looking great! I like those signs.

[Junior]

The top of the smaller batteries was laser cut by DaKra (Vectorcut) and then glued to pieces of styrene. Most of the parts on the "floor" also by Dave.

[Junior]

Car parts again quite a few DaKra parts.

[Junior]

Tool boards reworked a bit since previous post. Hooks filled up with radiator hoses, fan belts with decals, etc. Many DaKra parts here.

[Junior]

Lathe, drill press, compressors, grinder etc.

[Junior]

Have to make one more gas pump for customers. All shown except for the red tire pump will be placed in an outdoor shed and offered as "used gas pumps" in various conditions. My caricature of Chuck´s pump is quite embarassing  and my only excuse is the difference in scale. This is tiny stuff and hard to control with paint chipping etc. If anyone has some good advice for the final customer pump it would be most appreciated.

Anders

[Junior]

One more of the pumps.

[DaKra]

hey Anders

Everything looks great, I like your color choices. 

Since you asked for suggestions on the pumps-- its probably too late to be helpful-- but I would not weather them as heavily as you have.    Assuming your diorama is set around 1935, and keeping in mind a gas station owner would keep his pump in good order while he was in business, 1920s pumps would only show a couple of years worth of rust and weather.    My idea of light weathering would be a little paint chipping at the wear points, an oil wash and a touch of rust.       That said, the way you've shown them would be perfect for a 1950s and later setting!

Looking forward to seeing how you build the structures.     

Dave

[Junior]

Dave, your´e absolutley right. A lot more paint than what I had planned for came off. The red ones are somewhat better. Even within the same brand of paints the reaction can be different. I have a few extra so we´ll see how the final one will work out. Thanks for your input.

Anders

[Malachi Constant]

Anders --

Great collection of tools, spare parts, signs, pumps and "junque" -- you're making great strides there!  Lots of interesting well-done pieces.

Cheers,
Dallas

[BKLN]

Absolutely beautiful! The detail is very impressive! I was working on junk for my garage project, so I have a pretty good idea how much work it is. Very nice!

You mentioned that you used decals for the oil cans?!

[finescalerr]

Most satisfactory. -- Russ

[Ray Dunakin]

Everything looks great! As Dave said, the weathering might be a tad much for "newer" pumps, but still they look pretty good, especially in light of the small size.

[Junior]

Thanks everyone for your comments. Christian I´m not sure which oil cans you refer to but here is a pic. Decals are N-scale Gas Station set from Microscale.

Anders

[Frederic Testard]

Hi Anders, that's some awesome work you're showing us.
If you bring this kind of chef d'oeuvre to the French exhibition, I think I'll ask to be very far from you so as people cannot make the comparison between our works...