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I finished installing the fence in the park area. 16’ installed and weathered. I still need to make some adjustments, but I’m happy with the overall look for now. I can start making trees again to fill in the area behind the fence. I think it will add more depth and make the scene more realistic. After the trees, I can also focus on the park scene itself.
Andy

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@Steamfan77 posted:

I finished installing the fence in the park area. 16’ installed and weathered. I still need to make some adjustments, but I’m happy with the overall look for now. I can start making trees again to fill in the area behind the fence. I think it will add more depth and make the scene more realistic. After the trees, I can also focus on the park scene itself.
Andy

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Some trains on the tracks would be nice too.......

Gonna be a lot of cranky commuters on the platforms from East Williston to Oyster Bay pretty soon.

Nice work Andy!

Bob

@Steamfan77 posted:

I finished planting the majority of trees for the park scene. I started to plant some in the thin strip going away from the park. I’ll make another batch to fill that area in. Then I can focus on the park scene exclusively. I’ll finish the tether ball court, horseshoe court, and volleyball.
Andy

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Impressive tree line blend with the back drop!    Really looks good!!

Cheers, Dave

Rubin, sorry about the delayed response, my wife and I were on grandson duties for a week. I’m almost recovered now 😁. Because my backdrop is 10’ long, I did need my wife on the other side to guide it as I slid it along the benchwork. It’s stuck to the wall with double sided tape. My advice to make it more manageable would be to make a few shorter sections. Then line the seams up as best as you can. Like John did , I put the backdrop on (in my case) Masonite in my shop, then slid it in to place.

Andy

Thank you, Andy. No need to apologize. Last week my wife and I were in New York for five days taking care of our three ( soon to be four) grandchildren there. And this weekend we’re baby sitting for our grandchildren here. WHEW!

My challenge in making real layout progress is that my grandchildren all want to see my trains run, so I’m going to complete two 16’ loops on my center peninsula, hook up several postwar accessories, which they love, and work on the two outer peninsula sections, while leaving the center for the kids for now.

Rubin, I did something similar with my backdrop.  It was custom painted by someone another forum member got to paint it for his old layout.  I provided slots for the Masonite to fit in at the back of the layout, but wrestling the 12’ long section into place was a bear.  It didn’t match up with the next section that well, maybe 3/4” off at the top of the trees, but I had had it, so I attached it to the wall with drywall screws and said good enough.

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