The Atlantic and Southern Build, Part 1

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That Donato sure has a sense of humor, love it.

I finally got 98% of the ballast finished. I still need to weather the ballast in the second level yard area but that is the easy part.



The short section of siding track is still loose. It'll be set after the Trackside Scenery photo backdrop is in place and the building location is adjusted.

Looks great Tom - You sure have room for so structures.

John,

Thanks, very much appreciated. Yes, plenty of room!

Tom

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Thanks for the explanation Tom, it fits perfect.

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Thanks for the explanation Tom, it fits perfect.

Andy,

You are welcome. I appreciate you following along with all the progress.

Tom

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I mentioned on the forum this morning that I received Joey Ricard's photo backdrop in the mail.

I'd like to start on a section this afternoon but I first need to find some spray adhesive and a small squeegee.

Report to follow later today.

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I'll be very interested in your techniques/results with the backdrops, Tom, as I'm considering "making the leap" soon.

Jeff

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Track work looks great Tom, ill be watching.

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I'll be very interested in your techniques/results with the backdrops, Tom, as I'm considering "making the leap" soon.

Jeff

Jeff,

Thanks for checking in. I hope to have an update this afternoon but I need to do a few things first. I'm extremely pleased with how the photo backdrop turned out. Joey is the consummate professional when doing the photos. Note: I'm using consummate as an adjective and not a verb.  


He's very easy to work with and constantly kept me updated on each step of the process. I'm one happy camper.

Tom

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Track work looks great Tom, ill be watching.

Jim,

Thank you, very much appreciated. It's always good to know the work looks acceptable to others.

Tom

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Joey sent the photo backdrops in two large tubes.



Tube 1 was for the "A or East side" and tube "B or the West side".



More in a few.

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I opened tube 1 to check the backdrop photos. Inside, I also found a list of the corresponding photo backdrops.

The list marks the location of the backdrop on the walls.

I also want to mention that Joey separated each set of photos with paper. This was great and let me removed the photos one at a time.








Here is a look at two of the backdrop photos.

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I purchased a "clean" squeegee and a can of Super 77 spray adhesive from Ace Hardware.



I was gong to cut the red handle in half when I realized the handle actually unscrews from the squeegee.

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I placed section A7 up against the wall for a look see.



The road location was a perfect fit.

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Time to put up a photo backdrop from Trackside Scenery.

I watched Joey's Youtube videos on how best to install the backdrops.  Since this was the first time I ever used actual photo backdrops, I was a little bit intimidated to get started. But get started I did.

I sprayed the adhesive on the Masonite backdrop. I very carefully aligned the edge of the photo to the right edge and slowly rolled it out. As I did, I used the squeegee to flatten the photo on the Masonite.

Every thing went as planned and it helped to watch Joey's video first.

Here is the Judge's Atlantic and Southern, old #7, with a new paint job in front of the newly and first installed backdrop.

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That's a whole lot of scenery in two tubes. Game on!!


John