1:35 Australia - Supermarkets - Billboards & Posters

Advertising of Australian supermarkets in 1:35 scale

An ETA diorama accessory focused on retail advertising, not a model of a building. The subject is the signs and posters that go with a supermarket: offers in the window, prices above the shelves, large-format billboards by the parking lot. For 1:35 scale these are clearly visible surfaces.

A store as the subject of a diorama

A civilian scene tends to be more interesting than another line of vehicles, because it includes people doing something. A supermarket provides ready-made scenery for that: shopping carts, full bags, a line at the checkout, a parking lot full of cars. Advertising surfaces are what tells such a place apart from a warehouse or a workshop at once.

Recommendation for building the scene

Keep a single level on which the posters in the window sit, so that the window does not look confused. Inside the store work with smaller formats; outside you can happily reach for large ones. Handle the matching of colors across the whole scene at once, because retail graphics tend to be strong and will overpower their surroundings faster than you expect. A few lower stands belong in front of the entrance too, because advertising at a supermarket never ends with a single surface.

Who the accessory suits

• Builders of present-day civilian scenes
• Modelers of stores, parking lots and shopping streets
• Those interested in scenes with figures in ordinary situations
• Creators who are missing a color item in the middle of gray buildings

Shelving, a counter and customers are not part of this item.