I opened a long forgotten kit today and out slipped this 4 by 3.75" set of signs. These seem to be geared to "around" the railway tracks for the most part. I will have to remember to add signs to my next industrail or railway project.
My other signs posts
I just found these signs in an unopen plastic kit. It looks like they are in French, German and English. If I ever get around to addind additional signs to my layout I might remember to make use of some of these.
My first post of 2025.I hope you had a great holiday season.
Back in the day kit boxes were decorated with signs for your layout. Con-cor was a good source of these signs. Other manufacturers included an insert with a selection of signs.I am thinking POLA here. Many of the signs in my collection are from these sources.
I found these signs on a the back of an old Con Core model railroad kits.
Here are a few of those signs. The poles are from Blair Line Signs:
The railroad crossing signs were the most challenging to cut out and I didn't have the best of luck with all of them. The ones I had the most trouble with were distressed and weathered to represent wear and tear and a bit of abuse.
These signs were typically made from metal and unless kept up with would start to deteriate as these seem to be.
I added these two stop signs to keep my model people safe.
Here a sample sign the nice people at Blair Line laid on me. Since I do have a few horse and carriages I might want to make use of this one.
Typical Installtion as indicated on the back of extra polls from Blair Line Signs.
Source: 007 James Bond-"You Only Live Twice". Signs in Tokyo.
Source: "Belfast"
It is amazing how some of us are born into a calling for life. You would have ever thought that Charlie Wrenchler would be a model citizen and business owner, but with last name like that why are we so surprised?
I created a couple of signs for the structure that I had made posts back in December. I created these signs on my computer, printed them on plain copy-paper, and cut them out. I usually use a font sized at 8 or 9 points for my signs in HO gauge. For the sign on the right I used either 4 or 5 point font. I realize that by default these font sizes are not available, but they can be accessed by selecting the font size, typing in the size that you have need of and clicking enter.
Sometimes I paste these on a piece of thin cardstock. These I just pasted to the structure. You defiantly want to use glue that doesn’t dry too quickly. You will need a little time to adjust and paste the sign exactly where you want it.
The shop features fasteners of all sorts. Both standard and metric are carried. Wrenchler’s carries full line of specialty fasteners and the tools used to fasten them. You can purchase fasteners in bulk or by the package.
The movie staring rolls were: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, and Brad Pitt.. 12 Monkey's is tale of a futuristic dystopian society who hope to reverse a plague that has driven their generation under-ground. The push their best candidate-Bruce Willis into the future to find the orgianl cause of the epidemtic in hopes, they can somehow change the past and thus change the future. All sorts of set-backs accure because of mis-calculations. Willis is shot dead, however one of his colleague gets on the same plane with the one who had stolen the infectious cultures and presumingly saves the day.
Willis walking down to the time machine apparatus area.
This sign triggers some sort of recognition from Willis and he stops to investigate the location.
I had a good time building this HO gauge structure. Although there are one or two details I would like to add to the structure I have completed enough of the structure to make a post. I have reported much about the structure during its construction, at least on its start and the construction of the right-hand side. However, there are few details I have left out.
As I have mentioned previously, I used embossed stone paper for the front and back of the structure. I used the following colors for the stone work:
After allowing the base coat to dry I dry-brushed Raw Sienna and Burnt Umber on to the embossed stone. Dry-brushing is one of those skills, that once mastered is not easy forgotten. The trick is to scrape most of the paint off the brush before taking it to your surface. I will make post of the process in my next post. Once this was totally dry I very sparingly dry-brushed the yellow ochre on selected areas of the surface.
The shed on the left was constructed from what was sold as Balsa wood. It is light weight like balsa, but it wasn’t as light as other balsa I have dealt with. It also had a different grain pattern than other balsa wood. No matter, I have a stack of it now I will use the material again.
Although I had taped the side off before cutting the openings for the windows I accidently snapped the side piece in two, but since the tape held the pieces together I was able to glue a patch of cardstock on the back of break to make the side piece even stronger than it was before the break.
There a few other flaws that I didn't mention that will need to be hidden behind a bush, tree, or other details.
I haven't decided on the type of foundation I would like to add to this structure. Will it be a concrete slab,block, stone, or brick?
Satisfaction Scale: 3 out 5.
Five Man Electrical Band
I have collected these scale signs from a verity of sources. The back of kit boxes or sometimes the kit includes an insert sheet with signs. Others have come from product cartons and sales flyers; while others from suppliers of such. There are many different sized signs, most are better suited for 1/87, but many would work for 1/48.
Although it might not be evident, there are quite a few vintage signs in this mix, which I will need to feature in an upcoming post
