Hi, Ian, I meant scratchbuild the post, but on closer inspection, it looks like you used some wood stock for the post. Basswood, I take it? It looks great.
I like how your wood grain came out on the piece of styrene you used for the sign, too. I haven't quite mastered that technique yet.
I prefer the plastic sign, not that the hand painting isn't good. To me whoever owns this thing would have bought a sign, not painted one. I find it fits better.