{"id":2318,"date":"2016-10-27T20:58:33","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T19:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2318"},"modified":"2016-10-27T20:58:33","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T19:58:33","slug":"no-business-of-old-is-complete-without-a-few-tattered-enamel-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2318","title":{"rendered":"No Business of old is complete without a few tattered Enamel Signs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sign bug seems to have bitten&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>No business of old is complete without a few enamel signs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2322\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2322\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2322\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Enamel-Sign-Prints.jpg\" alt=\"enamel-sign-prints\" width=\"297\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Enamel-Sign-Prints.jpg 297w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Enamel-Sign-Prints-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThey started as images downloaded from the web, resized and printed on my laserjet.<\/p>\n<p>Then they were cut out and stuck with pva, to some offcuts of 20 thou styrene sheet. I have an old washing up bowl under the table where my Silhouette is into which I place offcuts. Besides being a tight Yorkshireman, such is the ability with Silhouette Studio to place the object on the cutting mat where you like, you can do test cuts on the smallest of pieces.<\/p>\n<p>Once dry, having cut them out and stuck them last night, I then stuck a strip of sellotape over them as being simpler than messing about varnish something so small. I then trimmed the excess sellotape and cut the signs from the strip that I had stuck them to.<\/p>\n<p>Finally I really wanted them to show their age a bit, because one of the signs has a date of 1911 on it so by grouping they would have been around a while.<\/p>\n<p>The aging was done with the aid of a strong light, a magnifier and a very fine brush along with an enlarged online image of a battered enamel sign as a guide. &#8211; My eyes still ache&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2321\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2321\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2321\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2321\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2321\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Enamel-Signs.jpg\" alt=\"7mm scale scratch built enamel signs\" width=\"800\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Enamel-Signs.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Enamel-Signs-300x109.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Enamel-Signs-768x279.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Enamel-Signs-500x182.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">7mm scale scratch built enamel signs<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2320\" style=\"width: 661px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2320\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2320\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2320\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Enamel-Signs-ruler150.jpg\" alt=\"7mm scale scratch built enamel signs with a ruler for scale\" width=\"651\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Enamel-Signs-ruler150.jpg 651w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Enamel-Signs-ruler150-300x165.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Enamel-Signs-ruler150-500x274.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">7mm scale scratch built enamel signs with a ruler for scale<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I scanned them again including a ruler to show just how small they are.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2319\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2319\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2319\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2319\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2319\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Enamel-Signs-ruler.jpg\" alt=\"7mm scale scratch built enamel signs with a ruler for scale\" width=\"800\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Enamel-Signs-ruler.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Enamel-Signs-ruler-300x172.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Enamel-Signs-ruler-768x441.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Enamel-Signs-ruler-500x287.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">7mm scale scratch built enamel signs with a ruler for scale<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And finally I scanned them a third time at a lower resolution to give an idea of how they will look from normal viewing distances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sign bug seems to have bitten&#8230;. No business of old is complete without a few enamel signs. They started as images downloaded from the web, resized and printed on my laserjet. 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