would somone be able to direct me to some sites i could download textures and other building backgound pictures i could print off my computer.
Was reading in another post that pictures of building cinder blocks was downloaded and printed to allow him to put cinders block inside his roundhouse for added detail, that is a cool idea, not sure why i did not think of that myself but i do not know where to start
Try this site.
absolutely wonderful thankyou very much Mr wimberly
I use google to find stuff like that. For example, “cinder block paper” takes me to the Micro-Mark site. “grocery store shelves” gave me some shots for interiors of stores.
If you’re doing the outside of buildings, then you might want to think of actually buying the paper. It’s textured, and would look better. For the inside, though, you can’t tell the difference and printing it out for use works just fine.
Right-click on the image on the screen, and select “Save Picture As.” Once I get the images, I use MS Word to size, assemble groups and print them. Use Insert-Picture-From File to put the picture into the Word document. Then you can re-size it, copy it (ctrl-C) and duplicate the image until you have a whole page, at whatever scale size you want.
I copy buildings, signs & billboards off ebay (or other places on the web). Go to collectables-advertising or collectables-paper, then search for signs, copy & paste image to a publisher desk top, crop & size for your scale ( HO for me ). then save to a file. Then you can print on paper, cardstock or full sticker page. With full sticker just cut out, trim and stick to a stiff backing or right to a building. With paper or cardstock you can use double sided tape or glue of your choice. If you print on photo paper you get a glossy like metal sign that. You can build the frame for billboards from wood stick matches or scale lumber.
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These signs on the cafe I scanned from a sign catalog.
You can also copy people, Background buildings, interiors, ect.
This is off a postcard found on ebay under collectables/paper/postcards. These are great to use as background buidings.
These are old ink blotters copied off ebay, found under collectables/paper/ink blotters. Most are rectangle and make nice billboards.
These buildings were copied of postcards on ebay and make great background buildings! The ideas are endless…just look for signs that match the era you model.
A lot of those signs are from before my time. I think looking at them gave me a few more gray hairs.[(-D]
This is awesome, these have given about a years worth of remodeling, great idea’s ![dinner]
One question though how do i resize to ho scale on my printer
Some of these are better then others, and there’s no cinder block, but some of these are real good.
http://www.2guyzandsumtrains.com/Content/pa=showpage/pid=31.html
Most of the stuff on the site I recommended is sized for N scale. I just blow it up 200% and print it.
N scale 1 inch = 13.3 ft.
HO scale 1 inch = 7.2 ft.
S scale 1 inch = 5.3 ft.
O scale 1 inch = 4 ft.