Evanston Renovation 3 - How to Hide Backdrop Holes on Your Model Railroad
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- Опубликовано: 1 ноя 2019
- Sometimes we model railroaders cut holes in our layout backdrops, in order to run tracks through our backdrops. In my case, I wanted to add the junction of the Pocatello Subdivision and the Evanston Subdivision on my layout. And I wanted to do this in order to increase the flow of eastbound and westbound traffic on my layout. Of course, to do it, I had to cut a hole through the backdrop. I cut that hole a long time ago, and now I’m finally getting around to hiding it as part of the renovation of the Evanston area of my layout.
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Roy, you Sir are indeed a visionary and outstanding modeler. I am so inspired at how you made that hole disappear and of course look forward to the progress and completion of the scene.
This scenery will really help the disappearance of the tracks through the backdrop. Great job
Hi Roy, I just seen part 3 of the Evanston yard area video. The work that you did is great and it looks a lot better. I made a second railroad water tower for my planned layout. Next will be the sand towers & the diesel locomotive refueling facility. I will be making ladders for the water towers before I paint them. The oil tank cradles I made will be widened to hold the tank in place better. The sand towers will be from empty carpet fresh containers which can also make great farm silos, grain silos for a cereal plant, propane tanks, fuel tanks for the diesel refueling facility. Model railroading as you said is the worlds best hobby. & I agree entirely with you on it.
Great illusion, Roy! You're a veritable model railroading magician! You know just how to make the hole in the backdrop disappear in a vanishing act. I look forward to see how this magic trick of yours will wand up. Yes, I wrote "wand" and not "wind" on purpose. I did so as a proverbial tip of my top hat toward your amazing magical talents. Oops, I better not tip my proverbial hat too far, lest you have a rabbit jump out from it!
-from Tom Pilling
Roy, I have to say "Very good!" I particularly like the way the Styrofoam to the left mimics the rock formation in the backdrop, bringing it out 3d and simultaneously merging it in. Regards Stephen.
Hi Roy, that looks much better than I thought it would, I really like it! I can tell you really thought it through. It pays to think about it for a while rather than just jumping right in and then having to redo it later.
Another interesting and informative video. We can learn even more as model railroaders if we recognize how patient and thoughtful you are before jumping in with a halfway effort, and just as important, your willingness to rethink and redo those elements you are not happy with. You are a great teacher of the attitude and philosophy of model railroading. Thanks for your help....Anthony
Very well executed and planned out. It's going to be a great addition to the layout.
Nice solution to hiding the hole Roy! It looks great already - can only get better from here. I'll be following along as you complete that cool scene. Best, John
Nice job, Roy! That sure look good when you finish it. Claude
Lookin great Roy !!! I can’t wait to see the finished scene !!!
Barry Broyles
Looks good Roy, excellent job of hiding the hole.
Looking great already Roy. It is nice to make progress on neglected areas. Very satisfying. Cheers, Bob
Looming really good Roy. Looking forward to see how it all turns out. Cheers Darren
Another teaser today Roy. This camouflage effort looks very good so far and is 100% better already. I know that your skill in painting and detailing the area will be a successful scenery addition to the layout. Can't wait to see it through. I sure appreciate the great ideas you share.
It's amazing. It all just disappeared and even in the pre completion phase my imagination tells me that if I hadn't've seen this vid then I'd thought nothing of it - which I suppose is mission accomplished for your problem solving modelling skills Roy.
Great video and great information, Roy. I do a lot of 1/48 aircraft modeling and find your techniques very valuable when it comes to diorama making.
Hey Roy! Gotta thought out plan for the change and dealing with the transition from one area of the layout to the other. Thanks for sharing!
Good job Roy! It's given me an idea for my renovations too!
Roy, what a clever way of concealing the cutout. It looks great. Clearly, you have considered many alternatives and this one looks like the best possible. I look forward to continued progress in Evanston (I place I hope to visit in the future). Thanks, Roy! - Dean from Minnesota
You've got a great plan started.
As usual Roy a great and informative video. Thanks for the help and advice on building and laying out a plan
Good presentation. One idea for the drop feeders - build a "mound" over them - Then put a house, or ranch scene or whatever on and around the mound. A small hill helps break up the flat Wyoming scenery (yes, they do have hills out there) and putting something in the foreground helps draw the eye away from the backdrop. That further increases the effectiveness of hiding the hole. Just a suggestion.
Good idea with hiding that hole. I think it'll turn out quite well.
Hello Roy, nice job on hiding the hole. With your scenery creating skills, this will blend in seamlessly. I envision a tunnel portal for the highway overpass. So it too, can " disappear " into the backdrop. I look forward to future episodes. See you Tuesday, for Dispatch.
Looking very Nice Roy
Roy, that is looking great, once it is painted and has some scenery on it, it will be perfect. Looking forward to the next update tp see the progress. Thanks for sharing. Ken
Hi Roy. I agree with you on the styrofoam. It is cheap, and I have a daughter who works at a craft store. Her discount really helps me out as I am on a tight budget. I just keep the shop vac handy.👍 It's looking good so far. Can't wait to see more. Cheers, Patrick.
looking great. Now you don't have a mouse hole at Evanston. I like the plan you have for the hiway. Looking forward the next installment. As always Thank You for sharing.
Great job, Roy! It was a terrific solution and it already looks better.
Looks great Roy, you're quite the magician. Thanks for sharing. Dave
That is going to look perfect Roy.
Mike
Great idea Roy , it's really coming together thanks for the update 👍
Keep HIGHBALLING HOGGER 😎
Roy, great progress, looks like it is going to turn out nice.
Looking good Roy....
Great idea Roy. I may borrow this idea from you sir. It looks great. 👍😃David
Roy, I like what your doing with the hole in the back drop at Evanston. I noticed your bridge overpass expansion joint, is not supported by piers. I suggest a couple of options to correct that.. 1.) Move a set of piers under it. or 2.) Hide the seam by filling it in with squadron putty. Either choice will work and make it appear more prototypical. Great Job thus far!
You are off to a good start on highway overpass scene Roy. I have a similar situation in several places on my layout. Thanks for sharing your ideas. Art...
Nicely done Roy - I have a similar situation on my layout with a track that leads to my new staging/fiddle yard. I have a scratch -built highway overpass that I intend to incorporate in the same fashion...Cheers from Melbourne, Australia!
Awesome blending, Roy. It looks nice! Perhaps trying to hide the highway behind a structure would be best? Not sure..
I like it so far, great job
Nice solution. Looking good!
Hi Roy nice job mate scenery work is always a messy job but it has to be done another great video mate keep up the great work Roy goobye for now Clive
Roy, Nicely done. You alway's have a lot more success with white styrafoam than I do. I only seem to end up with a large pile of beads that seem to want to follow me around everywhere like I'm their long lost friend. If I trail anymore through the house I might find my suitcase packed and at the front door. The things we do for the hobby. Cheers, Chris Perry.
One way to minimize the white bead problems is to use a hot knife or hot wire to cut and sculpt the foam. Just make sure you have some decent ventilation. A hot knife may work better with white foam than the pink foam. With the white bead problem solved the white foam is a good inexpensive alternative to the pink.
Jerry, A hot knife would be the answer to cutting white foam. But this is New Zealand so if there's an easy way or hard we'll choose the hardway every time. Also there's no pink foam on the market here. So it's best if I watch that magician of white styrafoam Roy Smith do his thing. Many thanks. Cheers, chris perry.
Looks great Keep up the good work
Great concept!
Nice work! Your overpass scene looks like it could work on a T-Trak junction module, which has a similar track arrangement.
Great tips 👍 looks awesome
Looks really good.....
A very creative solution, Roy! As you say, still a few areas to clean up there but you knocked out the big one taking care of the hole in the backdrop. Very cool and looking forward to seeing the end result in that corner! John
Cool idea Roy. White foam🤔 I can’t wait to see what you do next and get ideas. Thanks again Roy.
Roy has mentioned he cannot get high density extruded pink foam in Panama. He's making do with available materials!
I think it’s awesome. White is all I use and I use a ton!
Hi Steve. I was politely trying to react to your comment. Perhaps I misunderstood your comment. You used the thinking face. 🤔
A yellow face with furrowed eyebrows looking upwards with thumb and index finger resting on its chin. Intended to show a person pondering or deep in thought. Often used to question or scorn something or someone, as if saying Hmm.
I assumed, probably incorrectly, that you were questioning Roy's choice.
emojipedia.org/thinking-face/
The foam is kinda a joke between me and Roy. Lol
Cool video can you make a video on your own steam Excursion on the Evanston subdivision
Good idea Roy's that is an awesome job that you did with that. Do you run double Stacks underneath that bridge do you have clearance are you do not run double stacks on those lines? Everything is looking really great can't wait to see the next episode here up the great work, Gary
If you make that track spur in front of the bridge just a bit shorter the end of the bridge could be hidden behind a corner of the roundhouse or other of your brick buildings. Or you can have the track spur disappear into some building hiding the bridge end.
I'm debating on putting a backdrop on my layout once I start working on it again. Track won't go through it, but it will divide the layout into two scenes that are supposed to be miles apart.
Looking good Roy
Great job Roy. Looks simple enough. Now, how does one hide the mess?
By putting another mess on top of the existing mess, Mark. It's pretty messy business. ...Roy
Roy, You need to get yourself a 3D printer to build custom structures instead of using stock commercial items. You could then create items that would fit exactly how you need them to fit.....John
What is the name of the music you used multiple times throughout the video? I've heard it before in a flight simulator but have no idea what it's actually called.
It's called "Chelsea Loft." It's one of the music selections in iMovie, which I use for my video editor. ...Roy
What hole?