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Miniart recently brought us the French road, then Normandy signs, then traffic & concrete road signs from Paris in the 1930s & 1940s. To add to these, they release signs from the North & East of France in the 30's & 40's. We look at the kit and the real signs that were used in making this set in our preview...
Preview: 1/35th scale French Concrete Road Signs 1930-40’s. North & East from MiniArt
French Concrete Road Signs 1930-40’s. North & East
From MiniArt
Kit No. 35674
1/35th scale
The kit contains Twenty signs in injection-moulded parts plus decals to match
MiniArt has added to their earlier set of three road and traffic signs 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...
1. French Traffic Signs 1930s-1940s
2: French Concrete Road Signs, Paris Region 1930-40's
3: French Concrete Road Signs, Normandy Region 1930-40's.
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Photos of the signs recreated in this kit:
These photos below show you the actual signs that were used in the creation of this set. We have included as many as we can for your reference (some of these signs exist in contemporary photos today, as you will see below:
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The Kit: 1/35th scale French Concrete Road Signs 1930-40’s. North & East, from MiniArt
The set includes directional signs, milestone markers, and street signs commonly seen in northern and eastern France during the war. There are twenty signs that you might find on the side of the road in either the north or east of the country in 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.
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The plastic:
There are six 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 countryside north and east of Paris—right the way to the German border. The twenty-eight decals for the signs are included in this pack to give you 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.
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Smaller 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.
