Hi,
I am looking for a manufacture of road signs.
What I need, is a post with 3-4 (maybe more) signs with town names, pointing in different directions.
I am planning a little vignette with a BMW motorcycle kind of lost #:-)
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Road signs
Tordenskiold
Joined: February 12, 2005
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Posted: Monday, May 30, 2005 - 09:10 PM UTC
mondo
Joined: July 04, 2003
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Posted: Monday, May 30, 2005 - 09:15 PM UTC
Tamiya, Road Signs Set.
slodder
Joined: February 22, 2002
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Posted: Monday, May 30, 2005 - 09:59 PM UTC
If you can't find any you can easily scratch build them.
Use a pencil, a stir stick, use a streatched sprue, go to the garden and get a straight stick....
Verlinden makes a set also. I forget the kit number though.
Use a pencil, a stir stick, use a streatched sprue, go to the garden and get a straight stick....
Verlinden makes a set also. I forget the kit number though.
Cuhail
Joined: February 10, 2004
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Posted: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 03:10 AM UTC
I have to agree that road signs are on the "pretty simple" side of scratchbuilding. Give it a go.
A wooden stir stick, with some "white-out" correction fluid spread on it and a fine tipped ink pen can make about 4 direction signs. Cut them apart and glue them to a weathered toothpick or skewer and Voila!
I'm tellin' ya, no biggie.
Give it a try.
Cuhail
A wooden stir stick, with some "white-out" correction fluid spread on it and a fine tipped ink pen can make about 4 direction signs. Cut them apart and glue them to a weathered toothpick or skewer and Voila!
I'm tellin' ya, no biggie.
Give it a try.
Cuhail
Tordenskiold
Joined: February 12, 2005
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Posted: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 03:26 AM UTC
Quoted Text
I have to agree that road signs are on the "pretty simple" side of scratchbuilding. Give it a go.
A wooden stir stick, with some "white-out" correction fluid spread on it and a fine tipped ink pen can make about 4 direction signs. Cut them apart and glue them to a weathered toothpick or skewer and Voila!
I'm tellin' ya, no biggie.
Give it a try.
Cuhail
Hmm, you make it sound so tempting
Cuhail
Joined: February 10, 2004
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Posted: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 03:36 AM UTC
Tempting? It's sooooooo easy.
I'm telling you, try first.
Cuhail
I'm telling you, try first.
Cuhail
ShermiesRule
Joined: December 11, 2003
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Posted: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 05:33 AM UTC
Persoanlly I think the sign is a breeze to make. It's the letters that will be more of a headache. Either way you'll need to get lettering because the Tamiya set doesn't come with decals either.
Cuhail
Joined: February 10, 2004
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Posted: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 05:43 AM UTC
Shermie, baby,
The pen, man, the pen!
Hand written is pretty close to hand painted, I would say. Just keep a steady hand.
decals???
Have you given up the non-AM route all together or do you own stock in Champ's?
Cuhail
The pen, man, the pen!
Hand written is pretty close to hand painted, I would say. Just keep a steady hand.
decals???
Have you given up the non-AM route all together or do you own stock in Champ's?
Cuhail
peacekeeper
Joined: May 07, 2004
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Posted: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 04:37 PM UTC
I picked up a set from Custom Dioramics. Quite good actually.
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