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d_fernetti


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Barry! I doubt there is something "ready made" for WW1 (even when I've seen several examples for WW2)
My advice would be to get any vintage magazine or newspaper of the era (let's say, from 1890 to 1910) and check the advertisements. There you can find readily the names of shops and different products and types of establishments that were more or less current for the Great War years. Scan or make photocopies of the words you're interested, and print in a suitable piece of paper or card.
Suitable references for shops and signs of the era abound. Exactly from which part of France you want to make the shop signs? (provincial "frontline" towns used to have less fancy shops, if equally florid shop signs)
For Paris, I have found lots of inspiration from the pictures of the Musee Carnavalet http://www.carnavalet.paris.fr/fr/collections/photographies
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But there are many, many other websites which have good photos of the streets of the era, like http://www.retronaut.com/ where you can search by decade. Par example; http://www.retronaut.com/2012/11/paris-in-colour/ (note that the Hotel du Camelia has electricity! Such a luxurious commodity)

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Check also this one: http://www.rue89.com/rue89-culture/2013/03/24/paris-1914-2013-en-photos-grimpez-dans-notre-fabuleuse-machine-remonter-le

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 ...and if you're handy with your computer, you can make your own signs using fonts of the era: http://www.1001fonts.com/

Hope this helps...



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Does anyone know of where I can get hold of 1:76/1:72 shop signs etc suitable for the Great War period.



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have a look on google images, loads of sites selling posters and many have decent small images without watermarks.
Making shop names yourself is not that hard.Can be done using any standard drawing package. I used to have some nice software which came with a scanner. Unfortunately software not compatible with later versions of Windows. Simplest way is to use something such as Word, and cut and paste in Windows Paint.
Printing them is the thing that can make the difference. I used to produce some French shop signs, and I made the images several times bigger than required, and then had them printed off at a photo shop in supermarket. To get a 6 by 4 printed sheet, work on at least a 24 by 16 in sized image . The bigger the original, the finer the detail that can be printed.

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An easy way is to save a photo as one of the above, then cut out the bit you want and crop. Resize it to several sizes so you can choose the one you want then print on ordinary paper and cut out.

mike

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Hi Barry,

here are some links, where you can find some signs

http://www.dolp-modellbau.de/shop-modellbau-zubehoer-dioramen-zubehoer-1-72-ww-i-c-1_24_99_105.html

http://www.nostalgicsigns.de/lshop,showrub,30524,d,1187373858-30534,1084473035.1165411285,,,,.htm

http://www.fcmodeltips.com/search/label/descargas%20downloads

 

Hope you find some items which matches wink

Cheers

Michel



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Hi Barry,

here are some links, where you can find some signs

http://www.dolp-modellbau.de/shop-modellbau-zubehoer-dioramen-zubehoer-1-72-ww-i-c-1_24_99_105.html

http://www.nostalgicsigns.de/lshop,showrub,30524,d,1187373858-30534,1084473035.1165411285,,,,.htm

http://www.fcmodeltips.com/search/label/descargas%20downloads

 

Hope you find some items which matches wink

Cheers

Michel



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nice signs there. For some it is worthwhile getting printed on semi matt photo paper. For period posters check out poster sites. Also a popular place for adverts in France was to paint them on ends of buildings. No simple way to do this unfortunately .

And don't forget house numbers Even in this scale they are distinctive.



-- Edited by rue_d_etropal on Friday 27th of September 2013 05:50:55 PM

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These any help?

http://www.rapid-fire-uk.com/category/articles/?osCsid=

French, Italian, Belgian (and Tobruk) signs in pdf form, you can change to any size by using your printer. They are for WW2 dioramas but some should do well for WW1 as well. Regards, Pat



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Here's something that appeared today on Facebook and thought it may inspire you.

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Reagrding those painted signs on building walls, here's a nice tutorial about making and weathering building walls in foam core:

http://www.009.cd2.com/members/how_to/nouaillier_a.htm

 

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Hi,

here's an example, what I did with some signs of paper.

Regards

Michel



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d_fernetti


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Lovely work as usual, Michel! Is that building part of the diorama with the truck and the British soldiers pushing it?


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Thanks Diego, but I'm sorry, the new diorama will have no architecture.

The "bloody" shop house, as my friend Peter Kuonen (MPK) called it, is only a presentation model for my website.

Perhaps I'll take it for another project, for example a Normandy theme.

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That "bloody" colour seems to have been quite popular back then, in France. Same as the greyish light green and blue... they are often seen on paintings of the impressionist period too.
one observation that fits this thread, was something I've heard from one production designer of the movie "Un long dimanche de fiançalles" regarding the high influence of printed materials (posters, leaflets, signs) and the remains of them in all vertical surfaces of the public space. In that regard, our times are much less cluttered and devoid of letterings, even taking into account modern graffitti.

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Many thanks to all that sent in reply's.I now have no excuses for not getting on with the dio



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