I gotta ask: can you get signage for newer eras? My layout is set in 1981 or 1982, depending on what railroad I want to run that day (branch line spinoff, if you're wondering what I'm blathering about).
Anyway, I could use signs that cover the late 60s through all of the 70s. Others might like 80s and 90s signs, too.
Don't get me wrong, though. I have a blast looking through the nostalgic stuff.
I used to be clueless, but i've turned that around 360 degrees.
IMO, there's a few of these signs that could be used right up to the current era. Many of these products are still around. Also, if you were to wander around my home town, there are traces of some of these older signs still visible, albiet faded, on older buildings. In fact, until the building was removated and sandblasted about 8 months ago, you could still see the name of the Packard dealer on the side of the building. Another building, now torn down, had traces of a sign that was so old, even the people who had lived in the neighborhood for over 60 years couldn't remember what the building was used for originally, or even remember when the sign was fresh.
Get a decal opf the sign made, film or dry transfer, a bit of work with water, a mild solvent, or a pencil eraser, some other aging techniques, and your apparently brand new building now has age, character, and a history.
VunderBob I gotta ask: can you get signage for newer eras? My layout is set in 1981 or 1982, depending on what railroad I want to run that day (branch line spinoff, if you're wondering what I'm blathering about). Anyway, I could use signs that cover the late 60s through all of the 70s. Others might like 80s and 90s signs, too. Don't get me wrong, though. I have a blast looking through the nostalgic stuff.
I model the late 1960's ( Pre-Burlington Northern) & most signs I'm looking for are pre 1970. If you do some sign or logo searches on Google images you can find more modern signs. Ebay is also a place to find signs. Just copy image & paste to MS Publisher or MS Word.
Here's a picture of the garage as I adapted it to an outside 90 at the back of my yard. Backed the print with foam core and just set it against the backdrop. Pasted om the Shell sign and touched up the edges of the building with black marker, some acrylic light gray and a bit of rust along the top edge.
I'm sure I'll use other signs and buildings for backdrops as time goes on. Thanks for all of your great efforts, Tomkat.
Roy
Wow!!! These are all great signs. Thanks for supplying them for us to see and use.
How about signs for a few local Baltimore businesses I remember during the 1950's-1960's?
BERG'S FARM DAIRY
SUBURBAN CLUB BOTTLING CO.
ESSKAY MEATS
NATIONAL BOHEMIAN BEER
Thanks,
Roger Huber
Hey Tomkat!
I frequently visit a forum in the Netherlands and someone pointed out your graphics. We like them a lot and I would like to collect a number of them and publish them on a website in a zipfile / zipfiles.
Would that be okay with you please?
Gerard Wassink
To share or to sell?
I post the signs for others to copy & use free for their modeling. So if you want to share that is fine, copy or pass this forum link on to others. tomkat
Thanks tomcat. And rest assured, I have no commercial goal with this, like yourself we are all just hobbyists!
Cheers,
Gerard
Here are some more billboard/signs. Lets see some photos of your sign usage!
Tomcat,
Thank you for your time and efforts. I especially appreciate something from Peoria, hint hint. Where do you find all these signs. As my door layout in planning could be in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, or Missouri.... the mid-western themes work well.
Many thanks again,
Bob
Modeling in N scale: Rock Island freight and passenger, with a touch of the following; Wabash Cannon Ball, CB&Q passenger, and ATSF freight and passenger. I played in Peoria (Heights).
Tomkat,
Thank you for the signs. It does appear that my hometown has a bit of an alcohol related past. Peoria does have quite a few people of German and central European descent, myself included. Manufacturing, distilling, grain handling, coal, and a variety of railroads really contributed to Peoria's growth.
Anyway, thanks again.