May 1940 and optimism is still rampant in the french countryside. Armored recon fuels up with gas and breakfast on the way to the front. Enjoy and comments,questions welcome.







More in my gallery. Thanks for looking!
Cheers!

Interesting dio Rick. But the "Gaspard's garage et livrée" definetely looks weird (for a Frenchman)..What do you mean to say ? Maybe I can help you with a translation ?

The Shell logo you've used is a "modern" one :



The"Angel's café" sign would be OK for a US dio, but not for a French one


If you're interested, I can send you a few scanned 1/35 French advertising signs (including Shell signs )

HTH

Frenchy

wow. Google had the Gaspar's translation as Garage and livery(stable).The Shell logo and font are very close to a Life magazine photo of Cairo,Egypt photo in 1940. Why would "Angel's" not be appropriate?
Thanks for your help!
Cheers!

"Gaspard's" is an English/US form. No " 's " in French

Gaspard's garage and stable =

------Gaspard---
Garage - Ecurie (in this case, Gaspard is the owner's surname)

Same with Angel's Café =

Café Angel or even better Café chez Angel would be OK (in that case Angel is the owner's first name)

Here's a French period Shell sign :



and a restored French "Satam" gas pump (1930) :



On a side note, in France we use to say "Vive la France"

HTH

Frenchy

Now THAT's a sign I haven't seen. I swear none of these things pop up when I'm searching.(google,Dogpile).
I liked Café Angel but I thought it was too American
Google also translated 'carriage entrance' as porté cochére.
Is that correct or is it ignorant graffity rubbish?
Figured I had a 50/50 chance on 'Vive', too.......

And of course, none of the correct color schemes for a period turn up until AFTER I commit to what I think would be a reasonable go. What terms do you use when you search stuff like this,Frenchy?

"Porte cochère" is OK for "carriage entrance"

Angel is also a French christian name so I guess Café chez Angel would be fine.

If you want to find similar metal signs, just do a Google image search for "plaque emaillee Shell" it works also with other brands "plaque emaillee Citroen", "plaque emaillee Renault"...

Frenchy

Rick,Don't get to down on yourself.You managed to show that the wind was blowing that day just perfectly Jeff T.

"Vive la liberte!"
I very nice build. I just finished watching a documentary on the invasion of France by Nazi Germany and the resistance that grew out of it. I really like how you incorporated "Monella".

Well! Made some corrections and small additions that were needed for the era and enhanced the scene overall. Many countless thanks to Frenchy for his detailed help.
For your enjoyment and welcome comments....





Cheers!

Very colourful Rick! And you have learned some french.

Ok, Frenchy will tell you now that Café is written with an "accent aigu" means é, and not with an "accent grave", means è.

Hey, just let's say that grammatic was not a strong point in countryside France

I think you had that one right the first time :-)

How about some weathering for the signs? A bit of washes here...


Cheers
Claude

Excellant Idea Claude! I was just happy to change and add some signage without doing major damage to it. I'm also happy I'm not an interpreter or translator to make my livlihood.
Cheers!