Hi Guys,
I just took these photos of various sections of my layout where I’ve used several different photo backdrops, including my own photos and some from Scenic Express and other providers. There is a photo where you can see Holo-Krome in the picture…it is the factory I worked at while working my way through college back in 1966-70. I thought it would be fun to have photos of places I’m familiar with on the layout. One photo actually has a building where my uncle Quido lived back in the 1950’s (his apartment building is just below the building that says “Downtown Thrift & Loan” on its side. Yes, believe it or not, I had an uncle Quido.
In the city scene with the school bus on the street, you can see a backdrop building photo which has a catwalk. That photo is a composite of two 8"by10" photos I took of the Stanley Works buildings in New Britain, Connecticut.
Please note that the backdrop pictures were attached to 1/4" foam board using a glue stick and then I cut away the sky part of the backdrops by trimming around the buildings with a real sharp #11 X-acto blade. I used black foam board so I wouldn’t have to paint the edges black (which creates a 3-dimensional affect on the foam board).
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the photos. You’ll see some of the Scenic Express buildings, such as behind my warf scene.
Mondo
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