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OO gauge   4mm   1/76    Eras 4 & 5 1948 - 1966

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Billboards 1940s  Post war

BILL40

A4 Pack  £3.75

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Billboard packs include a variety of posters for brands and products from the period. Can be applied to simple wall or free-standing hoardings (Instructions included).

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Examples of Hoardings next to 'Quarry Crossing' on Warrington Model Railway Club's popular layout 'Woolston'.

Billboards 1950s  Pack 1

BILL50 (1)

A4 Pack  £3.75

Model Railway Signs Billboards 4mm 1950s
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Billboards 1950s  Pack 2

BILL50 (2)

A4 Pack  £3.75

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Terry Kempton built this hoarding for his Poppy Lane Layout. You can see the development of this delightful little layout on yourmodelrailway.net           Detail - click on image

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Billboards 1960s  Pack 1

BILL60 (1)

A4 Pack  £3.75

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Billboards 1960s  Pack 2

BILL60 (2)

A4 Pack  £3.75

A selection of Billboard & Hoarding posters as used on Kevin Murphy's 'Bristol North'. A large terminus layout built by Sankey Scenics

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Girder Bridge Adverts for PECO Pack 1

GIRDAP4 1

A4 Pack  £3.75

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Girder Bridge Adverts for PECO Pack 2

GIRDAP4 2

A4 Pack  £3.75

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These packs contain a selection of advertisements that were often found on the sides of railway bridges over busy roads. Some are still to be found in urban environments throughout the UK. Ideal for detailing PECO LK-10 Plate Girder Bridge sides and Wills Vari-Girder Panels (SS57) over roadways. The picture on the left features a Swan Vesta Advertisement on a PECO Girder Bridge crossing a road on Rob Dwyer's atmospheric layout 'Batley' set in West Yorkshire.

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Girder Bridge Adverts for Wills Pack 1

GIRDAW4 1

A4 Pack  £3.75

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Girder Bridge Adverts for Wills Pack 2

GIRDAW4 2

A4 Pack  £3.75

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Cinema Detailing Pack 1950s

CINE-504

A4 Pack  £3.75

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Cinema Detailing Pack 1960s

CINE-604

A4 Pack  £3.75

These highly detailed packs will greatly enhance your model cinema. Includes posters, large foyer signs and interiors. Ideal for detailing Metcalfe low relief cinema or scratch building projects. The 1960s version also includes Bingo Hall signage. All packs also include detailing for shops attached to cinema.

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Film Poster Boards1950s

Film504

A5 Pack  £3.25

These packs of authentic film posters of the decade have been digitally remastered to restore colour and clarity. Represented are prototypically quad and double crown sized posters that could be found outside cinemas, at railway and bus stations, on walls and fencing where they would catch the attention of the passer by.

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Film Poster Boards 1960s

Film604

A5 Pack  £3.25

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Colliery / Coal Mine Signage Packs

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Colliery Signs 1947 - late 60s

MINE4/47-67

£3.25

Size: A6 pack

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This pack will prove to be a useful addition to modellers wishing to add a little bit more authenticity and realism to coal mines their layouts.

 

The signage is authentic with original artwork having been developed from photographs and documents. The pack includes some weathered signs that would have been around for decades as well as those that show nationalisation ownership.

 

National Coal Board 1947-67: Coal mines were nationalised by the Labour government in January 1947 and came into public ownership. The signage in this particular pack reflects the change in ownership and also has lots of signage that would be around for years before and after this time.

 

Also available as customised packs - see Bespoke Page for details

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British Road Services was established as a nationalised company at the same time as British Railways in 1948. For modellers, depots could be stand-alone establishments or rail linked to allow the more effective handing of parcels and goods.​ These packs are designed to give you a wide range of signage that might be found around a such a depot. As well as the named signs (customised to the name that you want), the packs include a wealth of general directional and instructional signs to help bring your model to life. The packs include signage suitable for the 1950s through to the late 1960s. Click the link to find out more.

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Wagon / Van Posters   Set 1

WP4(1)

£2.99

Size: A6 pack

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Wagon / Van Posters   Set 2

WP4(2)

£2.99

Size: A6 pack

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Wagon / Van Posters   Set 3

WP4(3)

£2.99

Size: A6 pack

These posters were often applied to the sides of vans particularly in the 1950s & 60s. Period photographs show them on goods stock. These were often applied to block trains for ease of identification. These self adhesive labels will provide your freight stock with additional detail and authenticity.

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A selection of vans with posters applied. It is easy to give them the weathered and distressed look.

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Urban Backscene Sections

These backscene sections produced by Sankey Scenics provide a useful and relatively inexpensive way of creating an urban backdrop for your model railway. The ‘Urban Scenes’ backscene elements have been digitally drawn and have been designed to give some flexibility to the modeller so that unique backdrops can been created.

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Click here to find out more

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Not found what you were looking for?

 

- Sankey Scenics might be able to help. Visit our bespoke page or contact us.

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