| French (Normandy) Signs, circa 1944 | |
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clive_t
Location : Portsmouth, England
| Subject: French (Normandy) Signs, circa 1944 Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:57 am | |
| Morning all Stumbled across this whilst searching for something completely different... as usual! It's a downloadable set of signage - from a web site that was to do with modelling of WW2 wargaming stuff - obviously some of the signs are military in nature, but there are some shop signs etc Useful for anyone doing French shops etc ? Anyway, here's the link (free for non-commercial use): http://www.rapid-fire.uk.com/normandy_signs1.pdfHope someone finds it useful | |
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Carl Hibbs Admin
Location : Haute Normandie - visitors welcome
| Subject: Re: French (Normandy) Signs, circa 1944 Sun Jan 25, 2009 7:13 pm | |
| Very useful...thanks mate.
Watch for a few of those appearing on the CFG this spring and I've been looking for good realistic Dubonnet signs for ages. | |
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philkelly
Location : Vienne, France and Islington. London
| Subject: Re: French (Normandy) Signs, circa 1944 Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:00 pm | |
| Oooo, Clive - terrific! Now then - assuming one has access to a colour printer, what tips do people have about keeping these things weather proof outside? Print on photo paper and varnish? any particular type? I printed some on ordinary paper, squashed them between clear plastic and wrapped them in cling film. Don't try that - it doesn't work... Phil | |
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Carl Hibbs Admin
Location : Haute Normandie - visitors welcome
| Subject: Re: French (Normandy) Signs, circa 1944 Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:15 pm | |
| Get youself a plastic laminator Phil. I bought one from C Discount in France. They're now only about 30€ and you can by the plastic pouches in Carrefour. CDiscount Plastifieuse I print them on the printer using normal paper and cut them out invidually, sandwich the labels/posters in the laminating pouch and feed through the machine carefully. Then I cut the posters and the palstic leaving a few mllimetres of plastic around them. | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: French (Normandy) Signs, circa 1944 Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:04 pm | |
| If you use Epson Durabrite inks, they are waterproof once dry .... print onto inkjet vinyls and everything is then totally waterproof. If you want to laminate your work, well, I bought my laminator from Lidl for £9.99p .... A box of laminates (50x A4) .. or .. (50x various A5 / 6"x4" / Business Card) were £3.99p, so very cheap. |
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philkelly
Location : Vienne, France and Islington. London
| Subject: Re: French (Normandy) Signs, circa 1944 Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:54 am | |
| Thank you guys..a laminator it is..
Phil | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: French (Normandy) Signs, circa 1944 Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:09 pm | |
| What's happening to the posts .... certain words seem to be getting linked to adverts ... are the Google-bots allowed to moderate ??? |
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Carl Hibbs Admin
Location : Haute Normandie - visitors welcome
| Subject: Re: French (Normandy) Signs, circa 1944 Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:22 pm | |
| I will investigate Andy....
We've had a lot of 'bot' visit's lately. I may try and ban the bot IP addresses.... | |
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clive_t
Location : Portsmouth, England
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