Thanks, guys! I've pivoted back to the small town in working details for some of the buildings there:
Most of these details didn't seem update-worthy, but I thought these were cool. I didn't want to buy o scale surfboards ($$!), so I made my own! I printed them out on gloss sticker paper, stuck them to thin styrene sheet, cut them out, sanded the edges, and mounted them to a "surfboard rack":
Here's the completed rack (rack is also made out of styrene, painted):
...and here is the rack being glued in place. The white strip is just a spacer while the glue dries. You can also see 2 surfboards inside window:
I also started making some hanging signs using a similar technique:
1) Make signs in powerpoint (both front side and back side for each)
2) print on gloss sticker paper
3) adhere to styrene
4) cut out
From there, though, I used thin square wood dowels to make the "middle" of each sign. You can see the wood going in here:
Here is the wood "middle layer" in place for each sign. Note that each wood perimeter has 2 gaps. These gaps are for mounting the metal rod that will attach to the building.
I source my metal rods from landscaping flags. They are cheap, the diameter works pretty well! The one below is bent to support the "young's" sign as a single piece:
...and the barber shop sign is much more... straight forward:
Here's the "Young's" one installed:
