South African Filling Station

[leokritzinger]

I realize that I'm late in joining this forum, but I do have some info on the CALTEXDAL model town. I have a complete set of ten sheets that features the following 15 buildings:
SHEET # 1 : Caltexdal Motors
SHEET # 2 : Caltexdal Hotel
SHEET # 3 : Town Hall
SHEET # 4 : Railway Station
SHEET # 5 : Post Office and General Store
SHEET # 6 : School and Cottage
SHEET # 7 : Church
SHEET # 8 : Police Station and Cottage
SHEET # 9 : Three Cottages
SHEET # 10: Homestead
The models are based on buildings you would've found in a typical small South African town or village in the 1950s. The set even includes a 'tickey box' -- a phone booth which required a tickey or three pennies (2.5 cents) to make a call. I also have the original instructions that came with each sheet. I can remember getting a sheet every time my dad filled the car at our local Caltex garage. Several years ago i was given this set by and old friend of mine. The scale is about 1:50. By the way, Caltex used to be Texaco until just after WW2 when the name was changed to Caltex.
I include scans of four of the buildings as they appear on the sheets. Please note: the four scans are not the actual models!

[Vermin_King]

You are very fortunate to have this collection.

[hatsudoki]

Hello leokritzinger,

Thank you for this. It is good to learn the whole set, and especially good to learn that a complete set has survived.

Cheers,

Mike

[Kevin WS]

Leo - really stunning!