The Atlantic and Southern Build, Part 1

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I installed two other short sections. The double bridge and the one to the right. Here is an overall look at the newly installed backdrops on the Atlantic and Southern RR.







The three sections took me a little over an hour. I was careful to get these aligned properly so the rest of the sections will go just as smoothly.

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


John

John,

Game on for sure. I'm finished for the day but will do more during the week. I appreciate you checking in.

Tom

[PaulS]

Evening Tom,
Wow what a difference the backdrop makes; really adds a tremendous amount of depth to the scenes and will look even better once you have the foreground scenes done as well.
Excellent, and I will continue to follow along with your A&S rebuild, albeit lurking most of the time but enjoying your developments and thanks for sharing your exploits,
All the best,
--Paul

[BandOGuy]

Tom,
Trying to learn......
In the first two photos above, is there a reason you didn't "cove" or put a piece of Masonite or styrene in the corner bent to match the radius of the curve of the tracks in front of the corner?
I certainly AM NO trying to be critical! I'm trying to understand your thought/design process.
Thanks.

[PennsyJ1]

WOW, looks great Tom!. I need to get down there and see it in person.
Bill

[ak-milw]

It looks great Tom, really like the 3D effect.

[GPdemayo]

Just couldn't wait could ya.....

[Onewolf]

Tom,

The new backdrop looks great!

Doug

[tct855]

Tom,
        Like I was telling Frank the other day, wholly cow batman!  Everything looks really awesome. This is turning out to be another one of those-"this is the way you want to do it" layouts!  Great looking backdrops from Joey, it's looks good Tom.  Can't say enough.    Have fun boss!      Thanx Thom...

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Evening Tom,
Wow what a difference the backdrop makes; really adds a tremendous amount of depth to the scenes and will look even better once you have the foreground scenes done as well.
Excellent, and I will continue to follow along with your A&S rebuild, albeit lurking most of the time but enjoying your developments and thanks for sharing your exploits,
All the best,
--Paul

Paul,

I'm very pleased with the backdrops. Joey did an excellent job on the printing. They do add a sense of depth to the layout and will look even better with some supporting foreground scenery.

Thanks for checking in.

Tom

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Tom,
Trying to learn......
In the first two photos above, is there a reason you didn't "cove" or put a piece of Masonite or styrene in the corner bent to match the radius of the curve of the tracks in front of the corner?
I certainly AM NO trying to be critical! I'm trying to understand your thought/design process.
Thanks.

Chip,

Great question my friend. And, please be critical, this is how we all learn. I've never been offended by any comments I've received.

The corners are that way by design. By curving the backdrops, I'd loose about 3-4 feet of actual real estate for some foreground scenery. Curving the backdrop would have looked really good but but I think you'll like what I have in mind for that area. You'll have to wait a month or so first.

Tom

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WOW, looks great Tom!. I need to get down there and see it in person.
Bill

Bill,

Thanks Butty, come on down. We'll have some lunch at the Bones while you are here.

Tom

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It looks great Tom, really like the 3D effect.

Andy,

Thanks, much appreciated. I love the effect as well. These are really nice photo backdrops.

Tom

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Just couldn't wait could ya.....

Greg,

Thanks, but since you thought the samples were actual backdrops, I'll say these are actually samples!


I tried to wait but couldn't. The Judge thought I'd be doing the backdrops yesterday as well. I was going to wait until today but well, you see I couldn't.

Tom

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Tom,

The new backdrop looks great!

Doug

Doug,

Thanks, much appreciated. I'm very pleased with the results.

Also, I enjoyed our visit last Saturday. I got your PM and will get you a head count.

Tom