Let’s see your Billboards

Extensively photo shopped from an old Magazine ad:

Forgot one.

Wow, I just saw this thread on the listings and thought why not check it out, and there’s a lot of cool signs, billboards and interesting art work. It’s all really nice. Here’s a bit of mine, soon I’ll post more. Happy Railroading Everyone

@Steve Tyler posted:

Well, if you're going to ship dogs in crates, I *certainly* hope you added enough air holes!

MAX FOODS only product is 'dog treats"........so, we're OK......

Peter

Miller Engineering's version of the iconic St. Louis Anheuser-Busch Flying Eagle sign:

The real thing has been restored, complete with LED lighting and is "flying" again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3Gj_Q-ck-g

@Bill Swatos posted:

Miller Engineering's version of the iconic St. Louis Anheuser-Busch Flying Eagle sign:

The real thing has been restored, complete with LED lighting and is "flying" again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3Gj_Q-ck-g

Bill nice sign! Is that in your Home? Mark

Larry I love that Lionel "billboard".  Must've taken those graffiti artists quite some time while dodging RR traffic.

I added two old ads to a car dealer, one on side and one on roof, and have a kit built Conoco gas station sign (only structure kit found at York!), and a scratch built brewery billboard for a bashed brewery.  Conoco tankers ran on Colorado narrow gauge.

Stegmaier’s beer, Planters peanuts. JohnA

This might be cheating since these are not up yet, but they will be added to my layout's buildings soon.

When I was flying special ops night training missions several times a week, I became addicted to coffee.  I like to think I cleaned myself up, but I still like that morning cup.

@Sitka posted:

Bill nice sign! Is that in your Home? Mark

Yes, it is, Mark. It presents best lighted in the dark. It will go onto a building when I get some scenery set on my layout. You can find it, and others by Miller, on TW, FDH, or ebay usually between $30-$60 delivered. I think some of these would enhance your already fantastic night scenes.

@CAPPilot posted:

This might be cheating since these are not up yet, but they will be added to my layout's buildings soon.

When I was flying special ops night training missions several times a week, I became addicted to coffee.  I like to think I cleaned myself up, but I still like that morning cup.

Ron, I'm not seeing these. Instead I'm getting the "image not found" message. Are they some of Miller's various "neon" billboards featuring coffee?

Here's my dual-purpose movie screen (actually a small Android tablet on a scratch-built stand) in action in the park, which displays a slideshow of billboards between movie features, or in the alternative trailers for coming attractions (currently, "The Blob" and "The Sound of Music" -- how's *that* for a double feature!):

https://youtu.be/cSo3-6kPDmU

[BTW, to make the video shorter, I set the slideshow to change billboards every three seconds, but normally they each are up for ten seconds or longer. Or, I can run video trailers for upcoming movies.]

@Bill Swatos posted:

Ron, I'm not seeing these. Instead I'm getting the "image not found" message. Are they some of Miller's various "neon" billboards featuring coffee?

I renamed them, so hopefully they are showing up now.

Anyway, they are not Miller sign's.  Would be nice if Miller had something similar.

@CAPPilot posted:

I renamed them, so hopefully they are showing up now.

Anyway, they are not Miller sign's.  Would be nice if Miller had something similar.

Yep, showing up fine now on your original post. I may appropriate your images and add them to my layout slideshow, if you wouldn't mind (I've been known to throw down the cup of joe or two myself!).

@CAPPilot posted:

I renamed them, so hopefully they are showing up now.

Anyway, they are not Miller sign's.  Would be nice if Miller had something similar.

OK now, Ron. Love 'em! They're hilarious. I've seen a lithographed steel version of "Have another cup. You can sleep when you're dead."

I like making my own billboards.  Here a a few that I have done in the past.  The one you might recognize as Menards asked to use it on the side of the parking deck structure they sold. 

@Bryan in Ohio posted:

I like making my own billboards.  Here a a few that I have done in the past.  The one you might recognize as Menards asked to use it on the side of the parking deck structure they sold.

Well, it's good to see you're not overly concerned with political correctness!

@Steve Tyler posted:

Well, it's good to see you're not overly concerned with political correctness!

These are the only ones I can actually share.  For those that have seen my red light district those billboards/sign would definitely get removed from here.

Here are some Marx (modern Marx) billboards, I have never had a chance to mount.

Wow, this is such an interesting thread and I placed a few pictures a day or two ago, so here’s some more, I love signs and billboards, some are bought, some are hand made, it livens up the layout…. Happy Railroading Everyone

Amazing @leapinlarry  I wish I could give you twenty-one likes.  Great Billboards.  Well done.

Hi @Wood, thank you and everyone for the likes, I’m a sign guy as you can tell so @Captain John’s thread us right up my alley. I have more to come as there are many billboards placed on the girder look around the room. Thank you all for allowing me to show pictures around my train room. Happy Railroading Everyone

@leapinlarry posted:

Wow, this is such an interesting thread and I placed a few pictures a day or two ago, so here’s some more, I love signs and billboards, some are bought, some are hand made, it livens up the layout…. Happy Railroading Everyone

Some very pretty ladies in these billboards. Larry, you have very good taste in women. LOL, Arnold

@Arnold D. Cribari, thank you for your kind words and seeing my Eye Candy around my train room. When attending one of the York meets, I saw these billboard signs or metal art signs and thought they would be neat placed around my layout. So, I first placed them on the wall behind the front part of my layout, just to see what the Wife might say? She actually surprised me by liking the signs, so, I bought more metal signs, and so far, she’s very happy. If she had said No, I would have taken them down. Many folks have been over to my home to visit, and some of my friends wives may not agree, but no one’s said a word to me. @Coach Joe, thank you for the kind words to, it’s just more fun when others enjoy the art too. Happy Railroading Everyone

Very nice stuff leapinlarry.  All it needs is a billboard announcing 120 miles to South of the border.

Well yesterday I posted some Marx bill boards that I have never taken out of the package, so today I thought I would post some of the signs I have on the layout.  @leapinlarry   - Super signs Larry, love the ladies for sure.  @POTRZBE - I agree! Loved those "South of the Boarder" signs when driving with the family in the 50s' before the interstates.

Here is one I made from a wooden sign support.  The billboard picture comes from the LCCA which provided them when you renewed your membership- on the roof of the Lionel 115 depot.

This is the sign array on top of the leading industry on my pike.  I especially liked the Navy sign with its message..."Stay in School" - always thought that was socially responsible

Best wishes everyone.

Don

I'm late to the party, but here are a couple of billboards that I made from the Transcontinental Railroad stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service in 2019 to mark the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike Ceremony. One of the billboards features the three stamps. The other features the decorative element that bordered the actual stamps on the sheet.