Free N Scale Signs: Heavily Worn, Post-War Uncle Sam Billboard

I am working on a relatively tall building that has a large space (about 3 stories) available for a billboard.

To fill the space, I have designed a US Army billboard.  I’ve heavily weathered it to represent a billboard that was hung towards the start of World War II and never updated.  I think this would be appropriate for the late 40s in a post-war setting.

I’m not sure if I’ll use this as is since I have not printed it to see how it looks.  It’s also likely that I will make further modification to this billboard or resize it when I actually apply it.

But since I already create it, I thought I’d make it available.  Let me know if any of you decide to use it as is.  I would love to see it.

As usual, right click on the image and select Save Image As to download it.

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Free N Scale Signs: Reddy Kilowatt Says Cook Electrically

Yet another free N scale sign.  Just right click and save the image — the right edge will not be cut off when you save it.

This one of the famous Reddy Kilowatt promoting electric cooking. This billboard is very roughly based on a sign that stood in Philadelphia in the early 1950s.  The overall look and message on the billboard is the same with a few changes.

First, I changed the colors from the prototype to match the colors typically used on Reddy in the 40s. The prototype billboard had more of a 50s look where Reddy’s head was blue and his body black with blue highlights. I think most people associate the mascot with the red and yellow scheme.

Also, because the original photo I had was poor, I had to redraw the entire character, so I’ve changed his pose.  Also, in the prototype, Reddy was holding an apple pie that I just couldn’t get right so I left it out entirely. Lastly, I used the “Your Servant of the Century” motto because I just couldn’t read the original text.  For all I know, that’s what it actually said.

This billboard is a bit different than the ones I’ve done previously in that the hat and hand are meant to be cut out.  I haven’t tested this to see how difficult it will be to cut out but if anyones builds this up, be sure to let me know.  I would love to see it.

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Free N Scale Signs – Sam’s Generic Bargin Store

Just a quick post.

I found the prototype for this sign in a 1948 photo of 6th Avenue in New York City.  I thought it was visually interesting, so I quickly threw this together with 3 color variations.

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