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Plus Model: Gas station
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Posted: Monday, September 11, 2017 - 03:51 AM UTC


Plus Model has three new products for September, the main one a whole Gas Station plus two other accessories.

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Posted: Monday, September 11, 2017 - 04:33 AM UTC
Thingy by thingy Plus Models is recreating the world in 1/35th scale.
deathdork
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Posted: Monday, September 11, 2017 - 09:29 AM UTC
Probably a stupid question, but is it safe to say these are post war gas pumps?
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Posted: Monday, September 11, 2017 - 11:45 AM UTC
Am I right to think this "BENSIN" on the pumps suggests Norway and Sweden only?
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Posted: Monday, September 11, 2017 - 05:42 PM UTC
Bad translation....Benzin is German for gas and in the US there wouldn't be anything in that placard area...maybe Mobilegas from period photos if it was a Mobile Station
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Posted: Monday, September 11, 2017 - 06:00 PM UTC
Is / was "OTTO" typically used to mean gasoline in Germany or was this just slang created by US soldiers?

And yes, were not people still using the "visible" gas pumps with the glass tank on top during the war years? Metering pumps like these were not yet invented????
Biggles2
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Posted: Monday, September 11, 2017 - 07:25 PM UTC
Looks a lot like a typical late '40's to present rural US small-time gas station.
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Posted: Monday, September 11, 2017 - 11:54 PM UTC
Not the same, but it reminds me of this one preserved in Sweden :



On a side note, the Plus Model one has a "rauchen verboten" sign visible behind the right pump. The logo looks like the prewar one :



H.P.
165thspc
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Posted: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 - 12:35 AM UTC

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Thingy by thingy Plus Models is recreating the world in 1/35th scale.


You are right on that score.
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