On Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:50:44 -0700, David Nebenzahl wrote:
>Nice model. Just one criticism, and it's something I see far too often
>on otherwise fine models: the typeface used for the sign. There's no way
>a station of this vintage would ever use that type; just look at some
>old pictures. Looks like it came off someone's inkjet printer from
>Microsoft something-or-other.
>
>For some reason, a lot of otherwise great modelers have a huge blind
>spot in this area. A little more care in selecting the type of letters
>used on signs can make a big difference in "believeability". Someday I'm
>gonna write a full-scale rant on this ...
It really is a nice model, but the font selection bothered me
immediately as well. Looks like arial. And to further nitpick a
beautifully made model, the pumps look to be late '40's or
1950's vintage, so I'm not sure "service station" was a popular
term yet. "Jack's Gas Station" or even "Jack's Auto Service"
seem like better names. I won't even go into how narrow and
large-diameter most of the tires are in the rack, as perhaps many
of Jack's customers hadn't been able to afford a new car for a
couple of decades :) But geepers- they are wrapped and even
have labels on them.
It_is_ a nice model...
Dale
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