Well here is a picture of the Gulf station in question… Does anyone know if this is a kit or a custom piece? Thanks, Pat
Being interested in old gas station memorabilia, I always keep an eye open for gas station kits. I suppose it’s possible it could be a kit by some not too well known cottage industry, but I’d hazard a best guess that the one in your picture is scratch-built.
Mark.
I think it’s kit bashed. I think if you look for a Shell kit you may find it. Shell had the copula on the roof. In my neighborhood there were 4 Gulf stations within 2 miles. None had that, but they had mostly flat roofs. Also I did a google search and couldn’t find any with it in prototype
I grew up in the 50’s-60’s as a teenager!
I’ve been looking for just the right gas station for awhile now, both current and past kits, and in all my searching I have yet to see that station (or building). Of course I’m not pretending to say I’ve seen them all but I would say it is either scratch, or in my non-pro opinion, a kitbash. Notice window and door heights and types differ. Not a true measure, probably not even a good one, but just might indicate two, maybe three different kits?. There’s just something about it…
Like the rest it looks kitbashed but it was well done What is remarkable to me is the sign pole. It is right on, just like the prototype prior to when Gulf changed there logo as well as the pole. Gulf refered to it as a K pole. The vehicles look 1940 ish so that would be a fit. Also the pole appears to have the customary “Clean Restroom” sign attached to it. It may be modeled after one built by an independent dealer. It definetly doesn’t look like one of Gulf’s cookie cutter designs.
Bob
well guys thanks for all the input on it, I’ve been looking and I too think it’s a custom piece, or kitbash. I’m looking for somthing similar to that, but may have to just break down and make it myself… I find it very remanisint to many “mom and pop” stations of cape cod, and that’s what the layout I’m working on is, so back to work on it then! Thanks again guys, -Pat
this looks like an E L Moore scratchbashing project that was featured in the now defunct Railroad Modeler magazine back in the late 1970s.
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Good Morning Fellas,
If you google “old gas stations” There is a wealth of photos, check out all of the listings, but here is a start for you http://www.ohiobarns.com/othersites/gas/gas.html. There is enough variety here to keep us all going for a long time and none of us would have to have a service station that looks like someone else’s.
Johnboy out…
May the Rails never be Silent.
Patrick - Like some of the previous posters, I’m quite familiar with HO gasoline station kits offered over the years and agree that this doesn’t seem to match any I’ve seen previous offered as a kit, either in plastic or as a wooden craftsman type. I would point particularly to the fact that the station has a rather unusual and complex footprint, which one does not typically see with most modest kit models. Likwise, it is made to represent a clapboard structure, something not often seen in commercial models representing 1950’s gas stations of this intermediate size. Neither does is resemble typical Gulf stations of this period.
Thus, I would strongly suspect that the model was indeed scratchbuilt and based on a prototype familiar to the book’s author and may even have been unique to his particular area,
CNJ831
Here is a link to a B/A website. B/A was bought out by Gulf at some point. I find this site quite interesting. Some good photo’s on the history pages.
http://www.britishamericanoil.ca/index.html
Brent