setting the (back)scene...
Afternoon all,
A little progress since the last post has concentrated on trying to sort the backscene early so I can dress the scenery into it.
I started to look at a number of readymade backscene available but felt none really suited the context. My fallback is to paint the sky pale blue as there will be trees in front however I first did some research around Meeth and happened by chance to find two landscape photos from an Estate agent selling a house in Meeth and there were accompanying views of surrounding land.
I want to repeat what I did at Kyle which is basically a vinyl colour print which I applied onto a plastic sheet from some leftovers at the office model shop. This has worked really well and has not crinkled or delaminated since applied a few years ago.
The photo was cropped in photoshop and printed to A1 in length on the office colour printer. It’s a little hazy due to being a small image but I kind of like that as it’s supposed to be in the background
The first attempt was cut and carved to drop into the layout to give a feel although the second attempt this morning seems to work better. The scale of the trees can I think hold their own for a 2mm layout. I have dropped in place the building from the mock up to give a bit more of a feel to it and also added the Farish 25 which needs its wheels turned down and sound chipped...
Overall I am quite pleased with it and may well try to get a few images on one sheet as I did for Kyle so I have some spares. It cost about £25 for the printing last time but I think it’s worth it and it means I can crack on with the soft landscaping which will take me out of my comfort zone.
A few pics from today - please note it’s a quick n dirty exercise hence the chopping out of the sky around the timber fascia supports - I will of course make a template to undertake the final insertion. By the way, the fascia light is switched on as that is how the final presentation will be perceived.
Following the comments received here’s the first attempt at it...perhaps the scale is better on this and I just need to take out the big tree and fade to sky at the edges...
As always, comments welcomed,
Pete
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