I am a HUGE fan of the Walthers backdrops and flat printed buildings. I have used them on all my railroads, and will use them on the next.
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I am not a fan of photo-realistic backdrops. I like my backdrops to enhance the scene, nothing more.
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This is one of the many photos I have taken on my 30 by 30 display board using Walthers products in the background.
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-Kevin
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That’s a very accurate way to reffer to them I think. They’d look fine alongside the old-style illustrated backdrops or possibly even on their own but alongside current standard structures and backdrops they’d probably stand out.
I’ll probably go with realistic backgrounds and flats, but I think there’s alot to be said for flats and backgrounds that sort of melt into the scenery and don’t draw attention to themeslves.
I think he’s referring to two different Walthers products. The first is a printed image which can be fastened to a wall directly. The second is what’s called ‘background buildings’ which can be anything from simple flat walls of plastic to shallow 3-sided buildings with sides.
I have a couple of the background buildings, and I like them. Because they are actually plastic kits, however thin, the surfaces are fully textured and often come with windows and doors. Like any kit, your results depend on the effort you put into them.
[#welcome] Great to have you aboard. I have been using paper buildings for years. Don’t miss understand me I love building styrene kits, wood kits and the like. Love weathering them as well, but sometimes I like the challenge of putting together the paper kits too.
Little gas station from Evans Model buildings, come on a Disc, you can selected all kinds of buildings and put them together.
Old country store, now a lawyers office.
Another country store in the country located in a small town.
You can down load the three dementional versions from the Illinois Historical Society, of buildings in Springfield, President Lincoln’s town, I just used the front of the buildings glued to Gator board as flats.
These are great buildings and highly detailed.
From the Evans Program on disc, you can design your own three demintional buildings or flats done in the same way with the Gator board.
Dover publications has also been mentioned, great buildings and villages. I really do like using these paper kits. I can print them on photograpic paper, stiffer, and it holds up better. You can still glue the buildings to Gator board for a good backing.
Look these up, you’ll be glad you did.
Robert Sylvester
Newberry-Columbia Line, SC