Model Railroad Backdrops

[remaras]

I am creating my own backdrops from images I find on Flickr. I have used industrial and mountain scenes, print them out on Strathmore board using a color laser printer. I had to experiment to find the maximum thickness my printer would pick-up, but it seems that 30 to 40 pd board works great most of the time.

 

[UP2CSX]

Sounds like a great idea. Can you post some pictures?

 

[remaras]

Don't think that would be a good idea since the images are copyrighted.

 

[UP2CSX]

That's too bad. There are lots of sites, like http://www.cgtextures.com/, that have tons of public domain images so you don't have to worry about copyright issues.

 

[remaras]

Thanks for the Intel

Didn't think of public domain images when it came to model railroading. Thanks.

 

[Rico]

Cool idea!
I tried once to print on thin styrene..... big mistake! Never got the dang printer clean again.
On a related note, I'd love to print out industrial interiors for my buildings, any good pics out there?