New Custom Backdrop For My Layout Freight Yard

WOW John!

Looks. GREAT!

Enjoy!

Stan

Thanks Stan, just have to get the sucker mounted without screwing it up now!

that looks good!

That really does look good. Many of the structures appear to have a 3D look to them even though it’s a flat surface.

Yep, can't wait to get it up on the wall.  The big problem is, then the rest of the undecorated layout will look really lame!

Looks great John.

Doug

Looks great.

Using a thin, flat backing and applying on the floor first is a good idea.

FWIW, I used masonite and spray adhesive with some set-up time, but the Formica may work, as well. 

Rather than fastening the Formica directly to the wall, you may want to consider applying a piece of thin, flat stock across the top, back of the Formica and then "hooking" that to another piece of stock already fastened to the wall - similar to putting up a floating shelf with no visible supports. 

That does look great John! 👍

John, that is very cool. Love the collaboration.

Paul

Magnificent!

Peter

Wow.  That looks great!

Hi John, When I put my last back drop up it was about 25 feet in length.  I was able to install it by myself.  I used 3M double stick strips to hold it in place during the install. The double stick strips allowed me to adjust it where needed and remove any potential wrinkles. I finished it off with a piece of trim along the top. The trim along the top gives the room and layout a nice finished look  and I highly recommend it.

Rich R

Consider it the start of scenery John. It looks great. P-lam (aka formica) is a good idea. Rigid vertically but flexibile horizontally.

Can't wait to see it installed.

Bob

Looks great John. A nice industrial scene with the freight yard in front.

Once the foreground scenery is in and blended with the backdrop, it is going to be a top notch scene.

Great work by your backdrop guys!

Tom

Norm supplied me with over 20 photos, for the most part with him facing directly across each section. I guess moving along from left to right, take a shot, then shuffle along. He did a good job trying to stay perpendicular, as he moved along. Thankfully he’s a good photographer! Even though, not one photo could butt together without major adjustments for distortion, perspective & foreshortening, horizontally & vertically. I’m greatfull that his lighting was fairly consistent, so there wasn’t much color shift. I spent hundreds of hours over a six month period, meticulously piecing together each photo.

To keep the backdrop from looking one dimensional, I worked hard at trying to keep some dimensional effect within each section. To retain the depth & interest, I maintained some of the perspective, rather than just butting the facades, side by side.

The backdrop master is a high resolution image, created in O scale, measuring 20’ wide by 4’ high.

This unique, one of a kind, copyrighted backdrop, is available, on request, in all the popular scales, including O scale. The whole image can be ordered or any section that’s meets the needs of the customer. Inquiries are encouraged for pricing and further details. Quality & satisfaction are guaranteed! I can be contacted through my bio information on the OGR Forum.

Thank you,

Joe Kunka

Awesome work indeed.👍👍

John it's going to look fantastic.  I'm sure you'll get it mounted.  I believe some pictures of the backdrop master were posted in another thread but the preview Joe gave you is incredible.  Joe is a really talented man.

Norm's layout & photos + Joe's design = amazing piece of work.

Great job by 2 expert craftsmen.

This thread is getting saved for future reference.  I would love to purchase a copy of this once my layout dimensions get finalized.

I rolled a few feet of it out to look at the real thing, pretty impressive.  I'm going to wait until I have the Formica to totally unpack it. Homedepot has the Formica, but they don't have it in the stores, so I have to order it on-line.

It is a BIG piece of plastic!