Anyone ever make their own? With access to a camera and color printer, it seems like it shouldn't be all that difficult of you have good buildings to photograph.
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Deuce, That type of background building always looks like a background/ photograph. Even if you place 3D details on top of print. The look great when you look at layout straight on to the photo, but angles it just looks off. IMHO.
Give Evan Designs a Look.
here are some FREE ones...already sized and ready to print...
https://bigindoortrains.com/in..._building_fronts.htm
Howard...
Deuce-
We produce trackside warehouse shadowboxes, among other O Scale buildings. Our first warehouse was modeled after a Union Pacific trackside 2-story structure. All of our shadowboxes are 1” deep and typically 12” long. It has since evolved into 3-, 4- and 5- stories. Multiple 12” long pieces are designed to connect together so that the elevation joint is not visible. The most common built-up overall model lengths are 12” and 36”. We have produced two that are 60” and one that is 72” in overall length.
We are getting ready to offer them as kits for the first time. The initial run will consist of 25 total kits. Give me a call in the shop if you are interested!
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ToddModel posted:
Deuce-
We produce trackside warehouse shadowboxes, among other O Scale buildings. Our first warehouse was modeled after a Union Pacific trackside 2-story structure. All of our shadowboxes are 1” deep and typically 12” long. It has since evolved into 3-, 4- and 5- stories. Multiple 12” long pieces are designed to connect together so that the elevation joint is not visible. The most common built-up overall model lengths are 12” and 36”. We have produced two that are 60” and one that is 72” in overall length.
We are getting ready to offer them as kits for the first time. The initial run will consist of 25 total kits. Give me a call in the shop if you are interested!
Thanks Doug. Some very interesting models you have available. I'll be contacting you when I'm ready.
sawdust43 posted:here are some FREE ones...already sized and ready to print...
https://bigindoortrains.com/in..._building_fronts.htm
Howard...
I thought the post question was about background flats. 
Our buildings can also be finished as "flats". This has been done for several of our customers with strict depth limitations. The actual depth is about 1/4" without a loading dock.
SIRT posted:sawdust43 posted:here are some FREE ones...already sized and ready to print...
https://bigindoortrains.com/in..._building_fronts.htm
Howard...
I thought the post question was about background flats.
I did. I think I have about 2" of real estate I can spare though, so a shadowbox could work if I wanted it to. Just didn't know that was an option.
Has anyone looked at lenticular printing to make 3D imagery? You know them as holograms and they come in many shapes and sizes. There are many companies that can do this if you provide at least two pictures from some object from a few different frontal angles. I've seen poster sized, business card sized and on McDonald's Happy Meals cups even!
I haven't tried this and I don't know how lighting effects the picture but you can use something like this to portray 3D structures, seasonal changes (flowers, sun, fallen leaves, snow) and a lot of things. I found one that can do a 4"x8" print for about $6, $15 min order.
Kirk
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Kirk R posted:Has anyone looked at lenticular printing to make 3D imagery? You know them as holograms and they come in many shapes and sizes. There are many companies that can do this if you provide at least two pictures from some object from a few different frontal angles. I've seen poster sized, business card sized and on McDonald's Happy Meals cups even!
I haven't tried this and I don't know how lighting effects the picture but you can use something like this to portray 3D structures, seasonal changes (flowers, sun, fallen leaves, snow) and a lot of things. I found one that can do a 4"x8" print for about $6, $15 min order.
Kirk
I look at this and I just get thirsty !
I just found some cheap back ground paper scenery on ebay, and online cut the building images out, pasted them to artists illustration board and glued a 1/4" x 1/4" basswood frame to each. This town in the rear of the layout was made nearly 100% from home made building fronts. We call it the town that wasn't there.
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There's tons of different O Scale printable backdrops on the internet.
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School I presume. And it has landscaping!
wild mary posted:There's tons of different O Scale printable backdrops on the internet.
Wild Mary, I'm sure others besides me would be interested in any websites that we could download free buildings from.
