You might have seen sometime back that I had created a sign sheet with some billboards. To test the theory and the new range of acrylic paints that I had just got I thought I would knock up some billboards and give it a go at painting them. 

This was the sort of look I was going for which seem pretty standard with a timber close boarded base. So once again it was out with the balsa wood and marking and cutting 

(a base blank marked out with the dims of the posters I had created on the computer) 

I scored the timber work into the base of the balsa sheet and then cut out thin strips of balsa to represent the frame around the edge. 

(balsa framework fitted) 

Finally I cut some thicker balsa strips to stick to the back to represent the support structure.

(balsa structure ready for painting) 

Once this was done it was out with the paint. I diluted the black with a bit of water as I wanted to ensure the scoring in the bottom part of the billboard stood out. 

Having painted them all black I then went round the boarder in white which some prototypes had. 

Having done that I then printed out the adverts. It took a few different attempts to get a good quality at such a small scale. 

(a penny for scale) 

I was getting impatient (always a bad thing in modelling) and just wanted to get the posters and Jc Decaux label on. Hence the painting was not quite as crisp as I might have got it. 

(view of both with penny for scale) 

(close up of first. The white paint actually looks a bit distressed due to my rushing it!) 

The other advert is my favourite chocolate brand. Hopefully tomorrow I can get round to completing the carpentry on the trestle legs. I will keep you posted

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