backdrops

Model Railroader Layouts and layout building
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how can you make a good looking backdrop?

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There’s a couple of ways. You can paint it yourself – there was an article about doing this in MR a couple of months back. Or you can use a picture that you blow up to the size you need, and mount it on the backdrop. Or you can purchase ready-made backdrops from Walthers, Realistic Backgrounds and others.

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I like to find old buildings on postcards on sale on ebay…copy n paste them in my publisher…crop and resize to scale…(also you can find allot of good signs to copy)…then you can print your building on cardstock…and…put them on your blue skyboard…also you can plant them in some trees in the background…

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Here is a sign…copied from an ink blotter…

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good idea tomkat-13

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Here’s some sites that might be helpful to you:

http://www.tttrains.com/tips/bkdrp.htm

http://www.tttrains.com/tips/clouds.htm

http://home.comcast.net/~abrams_railroad/Background_Ships_Docks_Buildings.html

Enjoy!