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Hello Guys, Here I am again, I just finished a new diorama which I think you're gonna like. An old barn including 2 Tokheim gas pumps in it. I hope you like it! Which other pumps would you like to see build as a scale model? Any tips, ideas? Thank you guys! Cheers! Seb
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WOWSER! THAT ALMOST LOOKS REAL! THANKS FOR SHARING...I LOVE THIS STUFF!
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You do a very nice job. I just found two short 39s at an old bulk plant in Texaco colors....
Alex Looking for Texaco and Power Gasoline items
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Looking for anything JENNEY OIL OR GAS
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You do excellent work! I wish I had even 1/10th of your talent. I try to make dioramas of different stations but, mostly fail... LOL
The only nice looking one I have was already made for Texaco....
How large (scale) is this one, if you don't mind me asking?
Someday I would like to make or afford a "ready made" Associated Oil or a Tidewater Oil station diorama.
Looking for Tide Water/ Tide Water-Associated/ Tidewater items
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Sell me your Gilmore Oil Co. stuff...
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A raccoons eye view! Very nice work!
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Kind o' made me feel like a fly on the wall! lol Very Cool~
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Very Cool! Your eye for detail is amazing; the barn boards look very relistic.
Looking for Canadian Imperial and Canadian North Star. John Neilsen
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Wanted: Original Jenney Gas, Husky, Marathon, and Frontier Globes
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Hello guys, thank you all for the great feedback! Making models and everything that is somehow car related has been my passion since I was a Child. About the boards. Every board of the exterior wall cover is cut by hand out a bigger piece of wood to recreate the old irregular way of cutting boards. Only 2 sides of the barn are covered and I had to cut 11 meters / 36 feet, (yes 36 feet!!, no miscalculation here!!!) of little boards to cover only two sides. Most of my dioramas, like this one, are in 1/25 scale. Here you see a pic of myself at work for you to get a feeling of the size. Again, I want to thank "Thunder II" who gave me, many years ago, all the dimensions of the Tok 39 for me to build a replica. I finally never did. Instead I build scale models. It's not so easy to get access to good old gas pumps over here in Europe. Do you guys know of someone having scaled plans/drawings of old pumps? the fabricators maybe? or maintenance manuals maybe? Or if you know of a gas pump collector over here in The Netherlands or Germany, would you please let me know? I would love to go by to collect more dimensions of other old pumps for future projects. Cheers! Seb Here you have also a few pics of the outdoor photo shooting
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Thanks again Seb. Incredible work, as always.
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Man, I've got to say again that you do a really amazing job Seb. That last picture looks so unbelievably realistic! Really a good hobby. You've got me thinking I'd like to try making something one day. How long have you been at this hobby? You are very proficient. You should be proud.
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You need to get a hold of Ed Shaver. He does some incredible dioramas as well...
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Hi Jim, Thank you a lot for your great feedback! I've been doing this for more than 20 years now but it's never too late to start if you want to give it a try. What I love about this is that I can build any scene in scale that otherwise in real size would be just unaffordable. If you have any questions, you know now where to find me! ;-) Seb
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Hi Nicole, Yes, I've seen Ed's work as well! It's great!
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