War posters in 1/72?

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Randy Pavatte - 17 Apr 2004 23:27 GMT

I've found building armor in 1/72 very rewarding, and since no one else
in my club chapter seems interested in this scale, my pursuit is unique.
I see a decent amount of kits available, from many makers, and am just
now finding quite a few accessories too.
One thing I need, but cannot find, is war propaganda posters in the
correct scale.
My local hobby shops have some in the standard 1/35, but when asked they
claim none exist in 1/72.
I lack the equipment to make my own, and don't want to use the 1/35
because they'd be too big.
Does anyone have input on this?
Thanks.

Randy
IPMS Houston

We're living in a world that's been pulled over our eyes to blind us
from the truth. Where are you, white rabbit?

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Les Pickstock - 18 Apr 2004 00:12 GMT

> One thing I need, but cannot find, is war propaganda posters in the
> correct scale.

Even if you don't have a computer or a printer. You could try this. Go to
your local cyber cafe and check out sites like ebay and militaria
vendors.for images of suitable posters. Use whatever software the cafe has
on its machines to reduce the images to the size you want and save these
images to a floppy disc. Take the disc to your local copy shop and get them
to colour print them for you. HTH

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Les Pickstock - 18 Apr 2004 00:23 GMT

I forgot to ask, which theatre of operations and whose propaganda?

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Rik Shepherd - 18 Apr 2004 03:25 GMT

> One thing I need, but cannot find, is war propaganda posters in the
> correct scale.
> My local hobby shops have some in the standard 1/35, but when asked they
> claim none exist in 1/72.

warflag.com (which mainly has freely downloadable graphics to make standards
for wargame armies) has a sheet of 1/72 scale Nazi posters at the bottom of
http://www.warflag.com/flags/worldwar/german.htm

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Mark Schynert - 18 Apr 2004 06:05 GMT

> I've found building armor in 1/72 very rewarding, and since no one else
> in my club chapter seems interested in this scale, my pursuit is unique.
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> We're living in a world that's been pulled over our eyes to blind us
> from the truth. Where are you, white rabbit?

If you can find subject matter you like in 1/35, buy it and have a color
copy made on suitable paper or cardstock, reduced to 49% of the original
(Actually 48.6%, but I don't know if that fineness is possible). This is
as close to 1/72 as you will probably need. The same can be done with
any of the other flat-stock aftermarket items you might need (rugs,
street signs, foldable boxes, for example).

Mark Schynert

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Mark Levine - 18 Apr 2004 11:06 GMT

There are a great many posters, maps, road signs, etc available in 1/72
and 1/76. You just need to check out the wargamming rather than
modeling mfgers. For a start, check out AB Figures who make IMHO the
finest 20mm figures in the world. PDI Models carries a large
assortment. There's also a company called Flags For The Lads which you
can get through, I believe, Brookhurst Hobbies. You'll soon find
there's actually more available in small scale than 1/35 if you look
closely.

Mark Levine

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