Anyone manufacturing the old Magnusson 40's Service Station Kit?

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I don’t think DPM has this kit, but wondered if anyone else manufactures the old Magnusson 40’s Service Station Kit? It has art deco styling similar to the Walthers White Castle Hamburger structure. I’ve seen the Magnusson versions on ebay but would rather buy “now” than bid.

Thanks if anyone can help.

Jim

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Yep, Scale Structures LTD manufactures the old Magnusson 1940s Service Station.

1940s Service Station

I recently purchased and built one. It was just like building an old Magnusson kit. Nice heavy resin walls. Easy to paint. And fun to build. And the walls were not warped like many Magnusson buildings can be.

Scale Structures LTD has a lot of the old Magnusson line. Including some of the better ones, like the Service Station and Movie Theatre.

The kit came with decals and lettering for a Shell station. However I built mine into a Chevron station.

Here it is on my progressing HO layout:

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Hi Matt. Thanks! I did several searches and didn’t come up with Scale Structures Ltd. Interestingly, looking at an old archived thead with your pics started me searching for “what station/manufacturer this was”. I was thinking of writing a PM to you if no one else knew of a current manufacturer.

Glad to hear the kit is warp free. That’s always a plus! Thanks again,

Jim

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Jim,

I did a little searching and the only place that may have one is e-bay, However I did run across another one that I think looks like the Magnuson model. What do You think?

Also on e-bay, so far.
Frank
Edit: Looks like we posted at the same time.

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Hi Frank. Thanks very much for the pic. Yes, Matt has verified (just a few minutes ago) that SS LTD. is now the manufacturer and is still in production (see his link). I appreciate the help locating this newer source guys!

Jim