Renault FT-17 on a Renault FP artillery transporter by RGL - FINISHED - Meng/U-Models - PLASTIC/RESIN - diorama

[wefalck]

I agree, seemingly to scale, it still seems out of proportion. Also, they are more likely to be found in larger towns or cities.

 

These columns were invented by a Berlin printer named Ernst Litfaß and the first one was installed in that city in 1854. From there the concept spread all over the world. They often had dual uses, e.g. as transformer stations or covering access staircases to the sewer system. There is a famous scene in the film The Third Man, when Harry Lime slips into one in Vienna - the grand sewer-sytem was notoriously used by criminals to hide or gain access to houses. The Vienna police used to have a specially trained and equipped 'Kanalbrigade' to combat this (they appear also in the film). 

[ccoyle]

12 hours ago, RGL said:

I don’t think it works, I think it’s too big and distracts

 

I agree, but definitely save it for another scene -- it looks awesome!

[wefalck]

Perhaps you can find a 'pissoir' instead - somehow the whole French scene reminds of 'Clochemerle' (novel by Gabriel Chevallier), that has been cast into a British TV series - the cast-iron pissoir was blewn up eventually.