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Thanks for sharing your efforts

Really nice work. Giving me incentive to do something like this.

The background images look awesome. Great idea on mirror imaging the photos so that the edges match. If you didn’t mention it, I doubt anyone would notice. Keep up the great videos.

The Photo Backdrops look wonderful. Beautiful upload. Your content is really amazing. Thank you for sharing. New subscriber here.

Backdrops look great, I will have to give it a try.. Thanks..

Looking good Rainer, prototypical is hard to do if not machine made. As long as it looks " close enough" . Looks great on the layout. Greetings from Mazatlan 😉

really creative guy! great way to design your backdrops. I will try it.

The idea for the backdrop photos is excellent. Thanks for such great content.

Awesome video. The backdrop blends very well your scenery. Did you select matte or gloss for the banner?

Thanks for the info. Definitely worth looking into!

Very nice Rainer Geoff

If you have the time maybe run a tutorial on finding the large size printing on line best I found is 8 x 36 I assume inches. No option for paper type that I can see etc. Old age and not computer friendly after I sped up my old computer by taking the power cord and tying it to the bumper of my truck.It ran real fast for 30 seconds.

The Tichy train Group flat car looks like a perfect match for the prototype.

Yep, its Boomer's Pinch and Stab, alright. Excellent selection of backdrop photos and nice blending with foreground scenery. The tree line seems to push the wall back an amazing distance. The farm scene looks superb. I'll also remember Staples when I get to that point. Thanks for posting.

Looks amazing!

Just wonder if trains passing shake your house and put your layout ghostly alive with freightcars moving by themselves ? Me it´s shaking good. Convincing results. When you are gluing that tree i could notice the mirror image with top of one tree top leaning one side and not far, leaning top opposite, but couldn´t see the demarcation line. The photos choosen are excellent, crisp with strong light. That´s fine for close distance. For deep far away it´s better to have more fuzzy with light blue/grey tint to mimic distance and haze. The hardest thing is having same lightning, clouds, wind direction with smoke when multiples photos are used. It´s also always possible to stick photos one on top of others to cteate different illusions. Like here add a farm or barn in front of your row of trees. A good way to make superposition of different photos of an industrial or urban zone. Ya, Boomer. Sort of our master. A real gentleman. Thanks for your work with really sharp result. And same trick can be used inside houses or industrys specially if lighted inside.😊😊😊

Your backdrop is fantastic. One question how do handle the seems between the 4 foot pieces?

Great info there Rainer.... if or when I get to doing this kind of stuff it will be very helpful info.. your layout is looking fantastic... and I love the 2 pics that you took and the mirror idea I have seen on another channel that I watch also so it is a good idea for extending the scenery view.

Using Staples.... never would have thought about it. Thanks Rainer.

Wow, the photo backdrop really completed the scene. I couldn't find the edge of your scene and the wall. Great job Rainer, thanks for sharing.

Great choice of background photo with sunlight hitting the forest line - looks fantastic!

How good of a camera did you use? Cellphone?

Sir that looks Amazing

I planned on painting in some of my backdrop with mountains and trees. But I think a combination of painting along with this idea could get pretty good results. Thanks for the great video!

I am stunned by what you have done! I (obviously) have not seen your layout in person, but in your video, you have matched the color of the sky in the photos to the border and above perfectly! It looks just super. That border or molding makes a perfect break and frame to the ceiling. Excellent job! Thank you so much for sharing it with us.

Fun to watch how quickly that backdrop changed the entire area and it looks really nice. I also enjoyed watching you do the pinch and stab technique with the static grass. This definitely was helpful. Thanks for sharing.

Well you have me thinking of where I can get some photos. Nice work. Mike

Backdrop looks great!

Brilliant !

The flat cars look great! About your decals, what type of paint was the white? After the white paint dries add a gloss coat to the decal area. Let the gloss completely dry. Decals work better on a gloss surface. Apply the decal and dry. Coat with a dull clear coat to seal the decal and then do the final black touch up paint. Afterwards a final clear coat can be added.

Thanks Great job Rainer

Love the use of actual photos. Looks outstanding!

Two great ideas that never occurred to me; getting the realistic backdrop printed at Staples; and taking pics of my layout as it progresses with an eye to finding areas to improve that would otherwise not be noticed by the naked eye.

Your layout looks amazing. Thank you for the good advice

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Looks fantastic Rainer , never thought to glue static grass that way , like the idea using two sided tape,

Can you please post links to the LEDs and connectors. This has been a great inspiration.

Brilliant!

Very nice. This would make a nice front of layout vignette. A person could go really crazy on the details with stuff like the mechanic's rollaway, triangular stacks of oilcans, air compressor, maybe firewood for sale in a more up north location. An exellent place to display vehicles. Love the lighting and great idea for the arc welder simulation.

Using the wire and tape to hold the grab irons in place is a great idea. Mike

Nice bulk head flat cars. Excellent addition to your layout.

Excellent Christmas gift, Mr Rainer. You mentioned DC. I didn’t know you can drop a decoder. It doesn’t have to be DCC Ready? Happy new year! Enjoy. 🎆

I think a lot of modelers forget that railroads often built there own equipment including their own locomotives. N&W Roanoke shops for example.

This is great! Now, we'll all be able to buy cars like this! It has been my experience that very soon as you build a car you need, or custom paint a car or loco, within months one of the companies will come out with that exact car or loco painted in the road name you created. 😡 I like your idea of numbering quite well. Never thought of that. I have been trying to find the correct size for number boards on a loco I'm doing. I'm going to have to try your process.

Nicely built bulkhead cars. I have one Athearn bulkhead flatcar and I made a pulpwood load for it. Recently, I've been adding details to my new Athearn engines and MRC F-7A's & B's. Cheers from eastern TN

I'll have to try the decal technique you used. I was thinking about it and wasn't sure if it would work or not. Well there's my answer!

More shots of the new back drops, to boot...love it!

thanks Rainer great job

That’s my kind of modelling. I don’t have a 3D printer so I fabricate my bulkheads out of styrene and use Osborn laser cut ladders. Your cars look great running on the layout!

Very nice engine. I also got 5 new (to me) engines for Christmas. All were F-7A's and 1 F-7B. 4 of them are MRC (Model Rectifier Corporation) and the 5th is an Athearn Amtrak FP-7A which I'm detailing with grab irons and an interior. Hope to install lift rings as well as nose lift rings. I got 2 Walthers F unit dress up kits which have enough grab irons to do 2 locos, 1 A and 1 B unit. Only have enough window glass for 2 engines. Cheers from eastern TN