1:35 Soviet Light Poles Set No.1

1:35 Soviet Light Poles Set No.1 - Soviet street lighting 1:35

This is a diorama accessory in 1:35 scale, not a model of a machine. The set stands for Soviet street lighting poles and is listed as number one in the manufacturer's range. Lighting is one of the elements that most quickly give a scene a particular setting - a viewer recognizes an eastern town from the shape of a pole sooner than from the buildings.

How lighting helps a scene

A street pole gives a city diorama a vertical axis, breaks up the uniform line of a sidewalk and establishes the scale beside a vehicle or a figure. At the same time it works in narrative terms: a leaning or damaged pole says more about the course of the fighting than a shot-up wall. The accessory suits scenes from the Eastern Front of the Second World War, postwar and Cold War subjects and civilian views from the towns of Eastern Europe, because the look of street lighting there lasted for decades.

Tips for placing it in the scene

Place the poles along a road at regular intervals and always on the sidewalk side, not in the middle of the roadway. Credibility is raised when you leave some small working context around the element too - a curb, a crossing or paving. If you are building a larger scene, one pole at the edge of the base left only partly visible will suggest that the street carries on. Judge the arrangement from the eye level of a viewer.

Who the set is for

• Builders of city dioramas in 1:35 scale
• Modelers focused on the Eastern Front and postwar towns
• Anyone interested in vertical elements of composition in a street scene
• Those who want to give a scene a particular local character