Building a Backdrop - Phase III Comments/Advice

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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It’s amazing that so many people can look at your fine work without so much as good job, or fine how do you do.

It’s from people like you that the rest of us learn. Thanks.

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Thank you, Chip. That means a lot. I’m throwing my 40+ years of model railroading experience into this layout and building it up as well as I can with this partially paralyzed body of mine. When you consider that I have no feeling in my hands, it’s incredible that I can do as much as I do.

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Nice Job Jeffrey,thanks for showing us what can be done!Where did you get the backdrop or did you design it yourself?Thanks.

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WOW! That turned out great! It’s hard to tell what’s real and what’s in the backdrop.

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That is the whole idea.

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Very nice!

Nice job with the tutorial also.

I’m thinking that you should have put it all on the original thread though. That way it stays all together.

Thanks for the link to the backgrounds too!

Craig

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Thanks for taking us through that process Jeffrey. I said before that your printed backdrop was up with the very best I’d seen. I stand by that comment!!

Mike

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Jeff,

I’ve not been around. Has their been a Phase I and II?

I have access to a printer that will do 20 inch by 32 inch long photographic images. I have thought about trying and doing this same thing. My question would be, what resolution do you think the images you are using are? And the second question is, Are the distant part of the scenes blurred or muted in color to tone them down at all?

I love the way these seem to blend together. I just have to figure what sort of scene I need to make!

Chris

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Chris: Yes, there are two previous phases. I’ll send you the links in a PM so you won’t have to hunting for them. The resolution is about medium once the images are enlrged to HO scale. and the scenes do haze and blur in the distance, just as an actual landscape does. .Deleted due to copyright changes. 01/17/07

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Jeff, I gotta say, that thing came out great! The old one was good, but this is a big improvement! Good job my friend!

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Thank you, Philip.

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Jeffery very nice job on the Background. Could you lead us through the printing process of the background photo’s. I have some and don’t know how to get them to HO scale.

Thanks Tim

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Thanks Jeffrey for the quick response. That info is exactly what I am looking for. I have never used MS Paint but it looks like I will be learning how to use it today.

Thanks Again

Tim[8D]

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Jeffrey,

I think you did a wonderful job I think we should give you a round of applause for the tutorial and I thank you for the help.

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Thanks. This backdrop project is something that I’ve been meaning to do for a while, but one thing or another kept getting in the way of it, so I finally decided that it was time to it done, so d**n the torpedo’s, full speed ahead, and after a busy weekend, viola, it’s done. Now, about that scenery.

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Wow…very nice…wish I had seen before I hand painted my backdrop :frowning: . Maybe I will use for my new section…hmmmm. Keep it coming!

Brian

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Brian: I’d love to keep it coming, but this was the third of three phases for this project. Here are the links to all three phases.

Phase 1 http://www.trains.com/TRC/CS/forums/1005122/ShowPost.aspx

Phase 2 http://www.trains.com/TRC/CS/forums/1006045/ShowPost.aspx

Phase 3 http://www.trains.com/TRC/CS/forums/1007644/ShowPost.aspx