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Author Topic: Seventies street/shops Decals  (Read 1351 times)

Offline orm1

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Seventies street/shops Decals
« on: October 10, 2014, 12:38:38 PM »
Does anyone make decals (28mm) suitable for shops, road signs etc for a British town set in the 1970s?

Offline has.been

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Re: Seventies street/shops Decals
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2014, 03:32:40 PM »
Photoshop real frontages, or produce them via word (different fonts) or cut them out from the background of pictures in colour magazines/brochures etc.
Catalogues (such as SrewFix) contain images of safety signs, as does any guide to the Highway code.
I make up 'mood boards' of posters/signs & signage, then photocopy them (reducing if needed)

Offline uti long smile

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Re: Seventies street/shops Decals
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2014, 03:35:33 PM »
If you need any inspiration then LAF's own Overlord designed some resin frontages that are sold by Outpost Wargames.

http://www.outpostwargameservices.co.uk

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Offline joroas

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Re: Seventies street/shops Decals
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2014, 03:36:16 PM »
Check out Hornby railways for old road signs.
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Offline orm1

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Re: Seventies street/shops Decals
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2014, 07:35:54 PM »
Thanks. Got no access to printer at the moment so stuck when comes to printing my own.
That's a great thread lots of inspiration thanks.

 

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