back to the backscene...
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Afternoon all,
Following Kyle’s exhibition last weekend, it’s time to crack back on with Meeth. I will be redoing the turnouts on Kyle (mentioned in the last post) but I want to think that through a bit first.
Following a number of tests with the photograph, David (Kylestrome) kindly offered to take the photo I had and extend it and do some photoshop...namely remove the large tree from it and cut and paste in some smaller ones. David then sent me a new file and I managed to track down the same place that printed the Kyle one, even though they have moved from near our office.
The photo needed to be uploaded to their website as a PDF file and I chose an A1 extended format which gives extra length but restricted height - perfect for what I required. I first prepared a file in Adobe Indesign to the dimensions of the print and as there was a bit of extra height I decided to use this up with a slice of extra sky - this will be used for the cross member fascia support. The file was then exported as a PDF file.
This was the image after they returned it - turnaround (printed in Germany I think) was less than a week.
I then cut and made a plastic former as I had on Kyle for this to bond to rather than the ply. I went for the low tac version of the print again, which unlike Kyle had a removable peelable thin plastic layer. The plastic former was cut from a sheet from work and was about 1mm thick so easiest to bend but solid enough.
This was inserted dry into the space various times and openings cut and trimmed accordingly. I then overlaid the plastic sheet onto the printed backscene and gave it an overall initial trim. When I was happy with the white plastic former I attached it to the ply with strong double sided tape as thus...
Finally, the backscene had its clear plastic backing protective layer removed and it was offered in...no mean feat as it had to be fixed either side of the fascia cross support, working outwards. I smoothed it in with a tissue and then trimmed with a knife at the base and the top, trying to avoid any creases. I then repeated for the other side and as per Kyle, it’s low tac but adheres well to the plastic. Here’s the finished article...
This is from a head on camera shot...of course when you look a bit lower you can see the bottom and sides of the fascia mid support, however that is why I printed the extra sky so I can cover these faces...painting the underside blue rather than the grey it currently is 
Overall I am happy with it. I can now finish the ballasting then add further layers of static grass and blend them in to the colour of the base where the two meet.
Many thanks to David again for his help with the backscene tweaking 
As always, comments welcome 
Pete
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