Preview: 1/35th scale French Concrete Road Signs 1930-40's. Normandy from MiniArt
French Concrete Road Signs 1930-40's. Normandy
From MiniArt
Kit No #35669
1/35th scale
The kit contains Twenty-nine signs in decal form & injection moulded parts to place them upon
MiniArt has added to their earlier set of French Traffic Signs 1930s-1940s with this set of French Concrete Road Signs, Paris Region 1930-40's in 1/35th scale. This new set can be used with or without the earlier set, but it surely adds depth to our diorama toolset with pre-war options also...
The earlier set of French Traffic Signs 1930s-1940s (on the left) is compliments this current set of French Concrete Road Signs, Paris Region 1930-40's (on the right).
The famous Michelin signs made out of stone and concrete (Panneaux Michelin) were already in the 1930’s leading and permanent road signs in France.
In this gallery, you can see some examples which were photographed shortly after the invasion, D-Day.
The photographs below were used in the design of this kit, several of them were used specifically to try and make these as accurate as possible for the modellers to create their own scene, whether it be civilian, military or a mix of both in and around Normandy area during the '30s & '40s
Cromwell tank from the reconnaissance battalion of the 11th Panzer Division, 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry in the Normandy area in 1944.
British & US troops in the Vire sector - 1944
American Forces moving into Argentan, Falaise, 1944
A concrete road sign between Luc-sur-Mer to Bayeux, near "Sword" beach, 1944
Signage for US, British, Canadian beach areas are all included in this large set...
The Kit: 1/35th scale French Concrete Road Signs 1930-40's. Normandy, from MiniArt
The kit provides us with twenty-nine signs that you might find on the side of the road near Normandy during the '30s and '40s (and maybe beyond that). The decals are provided for the smoothest adhesion to the plastic parts that replicate steel and concrete that you mount these on.
The plastic:
There are eight light grey plastic sprues in the kit, these are replicas of the concrete road signs found all around France and specifically in this version, in the Normandy Area. The twenty-seven decals for the signs are included in this pack to give you a very schmick looking signage that looks the part. These are all taken from the examples of the pictures above in this article so accuracy is guaranteed.
These concrete signs were moulded and steel signs were attached to them. Smaller, non-supported place/ town markers are also supplied in the kit. The block type signs, again in concrete and used at + shaped intersections because of their four sides, as well as concrete signposts are included here.
This kit is due next month. See more about all of MiniArt's kits on their website...
