Unfortunately, mine looks a lot like an unfinished concrete wall…
But it’s on my to-do list.
Thanks, everyone for the great inspirational photos!
DJ (“GRAMPY”) has the same backdrop barn. He wins with his great scene and the Alco, of course. My doodlebug is no Alco. It is operating on my branchline.
Carbo, WV on the Clinch Valley
Crossing the Clinch River on the Clinch Valley
Larry
More fine work above!
Another of mine. This time it’s the opposite end of my old layout…
OK… Mine were painted by little old me.
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Crandell
Your ‘is what it is’ backdrop looks pretty good to me!
Dave
Thanks, Dave, I appreciate it. [:)]
Crandell
thease look really nice ,but looking at em on scenic expess ,they are only 38" wide but say can be stiched together with other scenes ,but the selection seems small of this product line . was wondering if anyone has picts of these prints stiched together ? they look good in shots like this …Jerry
Ray,
You did a really good job at recreating the large billowy clouds of NY Finger Lakes region. They look like tha late morning / mid day clouds I’ve seen while passing through there.
Here are a few photos of my backdrop
Here are a few background shots from my layout, which is still a work in progress. More are visible at:
http://housatonicnscale.blogspot.com/
Eric
Can I claim the smallest backdrop?
I put in this road photo after an article appeared in MR earlier this year. I’m kind of stuck with the 45-degree roofline, but the end walls of the layout are vertical, so I decided to try this technique. I took the photo in front of my house.
MR Greg, I really like your backdrop and the Goat in the foreground. It works very well.
Mr. B, I think you have at the very least a truly excellent start. [8D] It looks very natural to me.
Crandell
Heres my planned backdrop for Slate Creek…The “sky” above and between these buildings-I have 3 different types-well be painted light blue.
Mr. B,
It may be small but it is very well done. A photo of my backdrop would be an off white wall with a few nail holes. I’ve gotta get to work on this !
Wayne
I took a shot a painting mine. Was an interesting learning experience. Next time I’ll make the colors of the backdrop match the scenery! Also take time to fade the distant areas with an overspray of white. The whole thing is about 15 feet long. Kept me busy for an hour or so many an evening over a couple of months
George V.
Thanks, Mike! That is big praise coming from you!
Terry
My old, now dismantled, East Texas piney woods layout…
Painting BG for layout under construction…
“Two mile long” causeway
Background for cotton compress
Background behind open staging. This is a port area with several railroads have parallel facilities. My open staging is meant to look like “more and more railroad yard” in the background behind the port terminal railroad, and the trunkline yard. Sky is painted. Cargo sheds and sugar terminal are DRAWN in Photoshop, printed out and pasted down. Ships are photos from internet modified to fit scene and pasted. The ore crane in middle of BG is Walthers catalog pix of one of their models. Rail cars seen “end on” are digital photos of models printed with the cargo sheds.
Just to the right of previous photo, the ladder/throat of the open staging. Background is all painted except buildings which are pasted on.
Digital photo of three pieces of PVC cut to make silos for future export elevator model.
Silo array background made by pasting multiples of digital PVC pictures.
This is a great thread, and I compliment each of the photos here.
I’ll bump to page one hoping more will get posted,
Happy Model Railroading.