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j p smith said:
Can't wait to see the next round of changes. Your place is coming along nicely!
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j p smith,

Thanks for your visit it's much appreciated, you're on my subscribed list.
I'm really jealous of your petroliana collection. Fantastic place you got there too :thumbup:
There will be a next round of changes so stay tuned but....patience is a virtue :)
 
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Hugo

I am just stopping by to wish you the best, and a great New Year. 2016? WOW!!

I enjoy your thread very much and always read your updates. Thanks for your friendship and enjoy your new year!!

Best Regards
Herb
 
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Thank you for visiting my site and giving me ideas. I so look forward to what you have in store for an all ready gorgeous garage. May you be blessed with a great new year.
 
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Hugo

I am just stopping by to wish you the best, and a great New Year. 2016? WOW!!

I enjoy your thread very much and always read your updates. Thanks for your friendship and enjoy your new year!!

Best Regards
Herb
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Herb,

I'm always honoured to have such great guys as yourself visiting my thread. Thank YOU for your friendship and always very nice comments on my building endeavours.
It makes me feel very proud if people tell me they enjoy reading my updates.
Much more to come next year, I am by far not finished so.....

Best wishes to you and your family !!

BuickFarmer said:
Merry Christmas Hugo! Look forward to following the "Hugo's Texaco" build "2016 Edition"
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BuickFarmer,

You too as one of my most loyal fans, best wishes in good health to you and your family.
Love the title BTW :bowdown:

shortykorte said:
Thank you for visiting my site and giving me ideas. I so look forward to what you have in store for an all ready gorgeous garage. May you be blessed with a great new year.
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shortykorte,

Another highly appreciated loyal visitor, thanks mate for the past year :bowdown:
Best wishes for you and your family in good health for 2016 !!
I have a lot in store only be patient with me ;)
I'm planning on doing a lot of work this week in the garage as I have a week long vacation now and all the time is reserved for my garage project :rocker:
It was a pretty hectic past two months for me at my work, but things should really be settling down now. So there should be more time for my TEXACO hobby project....

Stay tuned!
 
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You are doing an outstanding build both outside and inside!! I really look forward to your posts.

Merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year.
 
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jwhcars said:
You are doing an outstanding build both outside and inside!! I really look forward to your posts.

Merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year.
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jwhcars,

Thanks for visiting my build and thanks for the kind words it's always appreciated. It's a confirmation to me that I must be doing something well :)

Best wishes in good health for the new year to you and your family !!
 
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shortykorte said:
We're ready for a fill up on progress on the beautiful indoor Texaco build.
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shortykorte,

:rocker: I like that, yes there will be a fill up on my progress...soon.

There's not much to show at the moment because I've been doing a lot of overtime on my work so not to much garage time unfortunately :sad:
I am working on the ceiling right now with filling the screw holes and sealing the seems between the planks then sanding and painting a primer on the complete ceiling.
Plan is to make a part of the ceiling look like the sky :bounce:
Must say working overhead is (still) not my favorite thing to do.
As soon as there is something interesting to show I'll shoot some pics.

BBChevro said:
Happy new year Hugo, any updates?
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BBChevro,

Thanks man, you too a very happy and healthy new year.

About the updates see above...:)

Homebody said:
What a great idea, and coming along nicely!:thumbup::beer:
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Homebody,

Thanks for dropping in and your kind words, there's much more to come and even I think it's getting better and better ;)
 
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BuickFarmer said:
said Michelangelo after completing the Sistine Chapel contract:D

So it will be blue with white fluffy clouds eh? Boy are you a glutton for punishment! JK, sounds cool. Don't forget the stars. https://jet.com/product/detail/cbf2...I0qEyXbTrA2ZoqZ4eGzjieR_y4fKIBDI1_BoCqZjw_wcB
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BuickFarmer,

:bowdown: putting me in line with Michelangelo is way too much honour......but hey thanks :D

I had to put the word "glutton" through the translator but yeah I think you could call me that. I often ask myself why I keep punishing myself with so much detail. I guess I just want to have the perfect look, feel and atmosphere. If it looks half as good in the end as it looks in my head, well I think you guys will like that....I hope :)
Yes I am thinking sky blue but with a touch of white, not the painted clouds because I'm really not that kind of an artist :)
Yes there will be stars but red ones and on the wall :bounce:

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"You can trust your car to the man who wears the star". Sometimes I wish I could go back in time, and I guess with our shops we often do. Great job. Mike
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1953mercury,

That is exactly what I'm trying to accomplish here to have a feeling of going back in time to 50's and 60's in the US.
That must have been the greatest era in history in my opinion.
I don't know what it is about that period in time that has always attracted me but I just love everything about it, the same thing I have with lighthouses I just can't explain the feeling.
I can't tell you how much (black and white) pictures I have from the gas stations and motoring in these years and it's almost every day that I look at some of these pictures for inspiration and getting that nostalgic feeling that I'm trying to get here in my station I'm building here. In doing that I am convinced that it's all in the details.

Thanks for your visit and kind words :bowdown: and uh...beautiful car!!
 
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Sunbimmer said:
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Plan is to make a part of the ceiling look like the sky :bounce:...
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That is going to be spectacular Hugo, my good wife painted the "sky" on the ceiling of the kids' "toy room" a decade or so ago...

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Even though the room has evolved into more of a "media room" and has been totally redecorated, the sky remains (I took those pics today).


It will look great on on your ceiling, I can hardly wait. :bounce:
 
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M1TCH said:
Please put some updated photos up soon :rocker:
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M1TCH,

Thanks for your interest in my build, I will shoot a couple of pics soon and post them. It will NOT be interesting ;)

BBChevro said:
That is going to be spectacular Hugo, my good wife painted the "sky" on the ceiling of the kids' "toy room" a decade or so ago...

Even though the room has evolved into more of a "media room" and has been totally redecorated, the sky remains (I took those pics today).

It will look great on on your ceiling, I can hardly wait. :bounce:
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BBChevro,

Now that ceiling of yours is truly spectacular, I think your wife is a fantastic artist.
I wish I could do one percent of that then I would be very happy with the result.

Again very nice, she can be very proud :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Thanks for sharing those pics.....more inspiration to me :thumbup:
 
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M1TCH you win ;)

I took a few quick pics with my tablet. As I said nothing very interesting but hey I like to share them.

Canopy in primer....

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Another show piece for my collection arrived yesterday, I love this thing it's still in great shape after all these years....

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Uhmmm....yes that's dust :lol:
 
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"Plan is to make a part of the ceiling look like the sky"

I love the idea. I've seen ceilings like that several times, great choice. A light sky blue would brighten up the place for sure. Like BBchevo ceiling, dry sponging the ceiling with a slight off white followed by a slightly darker off white (shadows create depth) wouldn't be that hard. With the clouds, less is best so only cover a small percentage of the ceiling for effect.

For humor, here is a picture from 1984 of my attempt at clouds. Blue is house paint, the clouds are spray can. I needed the shadows. The sun is brush painted. Ignore the activities going on in front. :thumbup:
 

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Hugo
That ceiling looks great.
I did a sky ceiling in my conference room in my bodyshop and I found some wall paper that looked very real for the sky. Just a thought

Still love looking in on your projects
Thanks for sharing

Don

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nice can
 
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It was very common in the Victorian era to paint porch ceilings sky blue. We restored a Queen Anne many years ago and painted the ceilings blue and the next owner added clouds and an angel. A bit over the top to me
 
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M1TCH said:
Thanks keep them coming :thumbup:
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M1TCH,

I will, stay tuned :thumbup:

shortykorte said:
.....Like BBchevo ceiling, dry sponging the ceiling with a slight off white followed by a slightly darker off white (shadows create depth) wouldn't be that hard. With the clouds, less is best so only cover a small percentage of the ceiling for effect.
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shortykorte,

Yes I'm going with not too much white, I'm almost sure that painting clouds will be a disaster.
I love how mrs. BBChevro has done that, I could never do anything like that.
Yes I was planning on using a sponge.....

Thanks for sharing the pic, looks like you guys were having a good time :beer:

jimini said:
Just keeps getting nicer!
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jimini,

Thanks for your comment, your place is among my biggest inspirations :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

shortykorte said:
Are you going to have the green strips on the fascia?
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shortykorte,

That's a big YES it's very distinctive in the design of those stations, I love it :thumbup:

don long said:
Hugo
That ceiling looks great.
I did a sky ceiling in my conference room in my bodyshop and I found some wall paper that looked very real for the sky. Just a thought

Still love looking in on your projects
Thanks for sharing

Don

P.S.
nice can
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Don,

Yes that thought has crossed my mind too I have even seen it over here too. However I'm going with the paint as I want to cover the light fixtures and garage door motor too in blue paint so they blend in so to speak.

BuickFarmer said:
It was very common in the Victorian era to paint porch ceilings sky blue. We restored a Queen Anne many years ago and painted the ceilings blue and the next owner added clouds and an angel. A bit over the top to me
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BuickFarmer,

Yes definately no angels :lol: VERY over the top!!

1/2 Cup said:
Your ceiling looks great Hugo

Thank you for the update.

Regards
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1/2 Cup,

You're more then welcome!!

Bears Fan said:
Looking great! Keep the pictures coming...Love all your Texaco item's :thumbup:
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Bears Fan,

I will keep the pictures coming, thanks for your interest :thumbup:
 
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