After several attempts at painting a simple horizon line; I give up. While I could be satisfied with a few layers of distant background trees, it's proving to be too much of a chore to paint after the scenery is in place....even though when I started this layout I swore up and down I'd do the background first, I didn't....anyhow I played around with some laser prints of photos I'd taken from a recent train trip. i'm happy with the results , and it's easy to blend the scenery with the bottom edge of the photo (applied with transfer tape). You can compare these photos with the June 2 blog entry:
Welcome to the Fos Blog. You'll occasionally find info and updates about our latest kit and DVD releases, but mainly you'll read about progress or lack of progress on my New Haven themed layout. It's a freelanced version loosely depicting areas of Connecticut and some Brooklyn waterfront.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Back to the Background
After several attempts at painting a simple horizon line; I give up. While I could be satisfied with a few layers of distant background trees, it's proving to be too much of a chore to paint after the scenery is in place....even though when I started this layout I swore up and down I'd do the background first, I didn't....anyhow I played around with some laser prints of photos I'd taken from a recent train trip. i'm happy with the results , and it's easy to blend the scenery with the bottom edge of the photo (applied with transfer tape). You can compare these photos with the June 2 blog entry:
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