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I was messing with some smoke on the layout,here the results.

more pics of my progress

update on my pike,next I need some ferns for ground cover.HO/OO scale to cover a large area.Can anyone give sugestions or picture examples will be most welcome.

So I thought Id update my progress on the layout, only everytime I try upload something it tels me i need to log in AGAIN?!#@

The best backdrop to senery transition ive seen http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11835&whichpage=29 blows my mind

Ja I was thinking one could use the two together 1:87 -1:76 combined, has anyone treid this? A sort of forced perspective. scratchbuilt logging in OO would look better on code 100 ho track and the little extra scale size leaves room for extra detial

Using your standard hornby type of track guage what could I model scalewise onto that? HO S & O

Yes, earosol spray cans. Two acrylic colours blended in with light misting of white and then blue earosol spray at the top.I also gave a whash of turquise acrylic in the middle but its almost unoticeable. In hind site I might have used more deep blue in the middle but one can always remedy this...

heres a pic of the trainroom from outside. The rockwork was done using a very simple and cheap method. once its covered with greenery all the litlle holes can be covered up.

rico whats on30? Im sticking to backdrop and senery like trees and so to keep my options open regarding scale.At this point I have no locos or rolingstock, I use code 100 ho track and have ho chassies at the ready. Could someone break down all this on3 ho30 stuff, I know about O S & HO N scales

I started painting my backdrop , check "first timer wenna... on the Ho scale page.

On to green, using about five diferent shades matched up to the picture refrence I added vegetation growing up the mountain slope and the furthest trees at the bottom of the mountain.Again using spray to tone down and give a sence of distance with a light misting of white and blue after all the...

Several colours were used on after another alowing no drying time, acrylic dries in a few hours if aplied impasto ,paint from my first aplication now resurface as I disturb it again with new colour, this along with my messy brush helps keep all the colours we aply relevent in the final...

Things are moving along now and I start in with the spray cans, ading some dark blue to the very top slightly and a little white in a horizontal stroke at the bottom, very suttle with the spray here. the top of my plastic card backbord sits a few inches from the roof so I plan to add a nice wood...

OK..next is the initial drawing. the large white canvas can be intimidating so I get some spray cans and make a mess, just to show whose boss. basic lay of the land in place I can start ading some paint. A light blue followed up by a deeper colour at the top. mixing them in on the mural as i go...

Got in some time on the towering pines this week, making a backdrop for the mountain helix erea, I would like to give a discription of the progress as I go along. this is the area I am dealing with, first step is to get a surface to paint on.I used a large sheet of plastic card for this,its...

looks right, the wood platform is wel painted ,ad some details on it like drums or crates,something under a tarp and a guy standing around, a sighn on the doors and some birds and wires or something with fine details to the roof, maybe a plant crawling up one wall .

pictures I think would make nice backdrops

Hi fellas,im new here,saw some info about posting picks under forum help info in this website. I am also interested in backdrop paintings for my own layout, I was surfing around looking for some photos and came across this one fellow,climbs into the mountains alone and takes these breathtaking...

anton image of foam rock on " newbie pictures " thread in showing off