@BAR GP7 #63 posted:Dallas,
Able to operate very well over the background. I can take pictures for you the next time I move the modules, now they are all against the wall.
Johan
Thanks Johan. No hurry .
I never saw the prototype for this paint scheme, but according to an article by Frank E. Schaffer in the March 1963 edition of Model Railroader, the NYC did use Geeps in passenger service.
Prototypical or not, I love this paint scheme!
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@Don Winslow posted:I never saw the prototype for this paint scheme, but according to an article by Frank E. Schaffer in the March 1963 edition of Model Railroader, the NYC did use Geeps in passenger service.
Prototypical or not, I love this paint scheme!
I even like the name. I believe this was called the cigar band scheme.
@Don Winslow posted:I never saw the prototype for this paint scheme, but according to an article by Frank E. Schaffer in the March 1963 edition of Model Railroader, the NYC did use Geeps in passenger service.
Prototypical or not, I love this paint scheme!
This paint scheme does look really sharp and dresses up the Geep Don .
JHZ, I’m not. NYC expert, but I believe the “cigar band” was a later scheme as seen on my Beep.
John
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@Dallas Joseph posted:Thanks Johan. No hurry .
Shown here are the grooves for the aluminum modules for the background pics panels, with a similar groove on both sides of the modules. The background pics are therefore detached and transported in a separate box designed for them. The images show the same module, depicted on both sides. So I get two-sided wallpapers and the landscapes are both uniform.
Johan
The pictures show the same module on both sides.
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Johan - that is very clever engineering! I love what you've done. Thanks for sharing
@trumpettrain posted:Johan - that is very clever engineering! I love what you've done. Thanks for sharing
Patrick,
Thank you very much. 🤝
Johan
This is the Lightning Stripe scheme. The cigar band was the NYC oval herald on the nose with a white stripe coming out of each side of the oval and wrapping around the sides of the diesel.
@BAR GP7 #63 posted:Shown here are the grooves for the aluminum modules for the background pics panels, with a similar groove on both sides of the modules. The background pics are therefore detached and transported in a separate box designed for them. The images show the same module, depicted on both sides. So I get two-sided wallpapers and the landscapes are both uniform.
Johan
The pictures show the same module on both sides.
This is really nice Johan.
I'll have to get organized in my thinking for an application on my tables. I only have about 2 inches to attach something similar to what you have done.
After you have opened my eyes to what is possible , I'm sure I can get something done for a backround.
Is there a source that can be searched for the backround material ?
Definitely great way you have done this. Thank you very much for sharing in your quick response on the info and photos .
May you and your neighbors be safe.
@Dallas Joseph posted:This is really nice Johan.
I'll have to get organized in my thinking for an application on my tables. I only have about 2 inches to attach something similar to what you have done.
After you have opened my eyes to what is possible , I'm sure I can get something done for a backround.
Is there a source that can be searched for the backround material ?
Definitely great way you have done this. Thank you very much for sharing in your quick response on the info and photos .
May you and your neighbors be safe.
Dallas,
Thank you. I am glad if this help you. 🤝
My background pics are mostly built pictures but there is also a picture I took myself. The internet is full of image banks, some even free. You should invest in the highest quality images possible. My friend Juha, who is a professional photographer, helps me build and print images.
Johan
@trumpettrain posted:Johan - that is very clever engineering! I love what you've done. Thanks for sharing
Johan, I agree with Pat. Very slick design!!
Thanks for sharing the backdrop mount system. At public train displays with modules I would use the same system but with plexiglass to keep errant fingers away!
@jhz563 posted:Thanks for sharing the backdrop mount system. At public train displays with modules I would use the same system but with plexiglass to keep errant fingers away!
JHZ563,
Thank you very much. Nice to note that it sparked at least some interest. In shows, we have used a safety rope in the past that runs around the track, keeping our hands far enough away.
Johan
