This is the first time that I have attempted to place "painted on" looking ads on the sides of buildings that were typically found in the 1960's. I also wanted to add some commercial business signs reflecting the local names of some industries. These are just two of the many sign making techniques.
Ads were often painted on the side of buildings and I wanted to try to get
the look of that on a few structures. I first printed the sign on regular printer paper until
I was happy with the overall size. I then taped a piece of tissue paper to another
piece of computer paper in the
location where it was going to print.
Ran it through the printer and the image was printed on the tissue paper.
After trimming, the tissue paper ad was ready for placement on the
building. I "painted" the location on the building where the ad was going
to be diluted Elmer's white glue. You have to be very careful in placing the
tissue paper ad in the glue spot as once it hits the glue it's very delicate
and cannot be repositioned. If you mess up, try again. The tissue paper settles somewhat into the brick pattern
as it dries. I think
the results look good.
I created some signs representing the industries of the area using a computer graphics program (Microsoft Digital Image and IrfanView) and printed them on regular printer paper until the lettering format and size looked good to me. If your lucky you might find a prototype picture of the building to use as a sign making guide. I then printed the sign on Avery self-stick address labels, cut them to size, and attached to the building using a scrap piece of thin styrene as a backing. I'll have to see if the self sticking label will need some sealing over time to keep it from pealing off.
The Bridgeville station received some new signs in addition to a few other structures.
