first go at a background

[korm kormsen]

i think, this might be the most adequate section for benchbuilding, backgrounds and so on.

so here we go.

while i have some experience in making backgrounds for theaters, i never had some real background at a railroad layout.

the wall is rough, (no plaster) and painted in sky-blue.
my wife said, she is prepaired to paint it again in sky blue, if i mess up.

below you see the wall, and below that a crude sketch, what i am planning to do.
this evening i will take off the bridge and cover the track. (here it is still saturday)
tomorrow i'll start to make a mess.

<img src="http://kormsen.ko.funpic.de/bahn/background/background02.JPG">



<img src="http://kormsen.ko.funpic.de/bahn/background/background03.JPG">

 

[korm kormsen]

well, the easier part is done.
could be better, but for a firstborne...
coffeebreak

<img src="http://kormsen.ko.funpic.de/bahn/background/background04.JPG">

 

[Dtsteam]

<p>Thats off to a good start Korm, Its going to look fine. </p><p> </p>

 

[korm kormsen]

i am not content. the woods are not "misty" enough.

and the foremost part of the background has to be a bit more detailed...

 

[korm kormsen]

well, the forest is planted.

time for a coffeebreak.

no. i did not paint a moon. its just a dirty lens.

<img src="http://kormsen.ko.funpic.de/bahn/background/background05.JPG">

 

[korm kormsen]

daylight is gone, the hogwarts-express chuggs along on tv - and i am finished.

it is not what i hoped for, but it is more than i expected.

the middleground under the arches has to wait for another off-duty weekend.

<img src="http://kormsen.ko.funpic.de/bahn/background/background06.JPG">

 

[korm kormsen]

after a long time i got some freetime to go on with my background.
nobody disturbed me during three hours!

here is, how far i got, untill the light got too dimm.

(my other pics hopefully will be up again in a couple of days)

 

[Steve]

Thats a big room you have there Korm is it a basement ?

 

[korm kormsen]

no, it was an empty space between our small supermarket and our house. i just had to put a roof on it, and some additional walls.

the whole room is 20 meter (67') by 5 meter (17')
but as part of it serves as smoker's exile salon, i got 14 meter(47') by 5 meter (17') for my trains and workspace.
.

 

[korm kormsen]

this is the whole mess, as it is now.

 

[nico]

looking good,thats gona keep you busy

 

[stockers]

Looks great - you just need a skip

 

[korm kormsen]

a skip?? - are you a relative of my wife?
my problem is space - the lack of.
what should i throw out? the toys? the tools? or the materials?

yes, nico, what keeps me busy is moving the things aside, that shall be integrated into the layout - to make space to build the layout....

 

[Steve]

Would you class your self as a collector

 

[korm kormsen]

Would you class your self as a collector

this question i can answer with a definite "NO".
i define a collector as somebody, who is interested in one or various type of objects, and actively tries to get them. while i just can't part with things, i might be able to use in the future.
so hamster (or even packrat) would be more to the point.

 

[Steve]

Would you class your self as a collector

this question i can answer with a definite "NO".
i define a collector as somebody, who is interested in one or various type of objects, and actively tries to get them. while i just can't part with things, i might be able to use in the future.
so hamster (or even packrat) would be more to the point.

As i tell the wife its not rubbish , i just have not found a use for it as

 

[nico]

so you use the dance method in your work,move to the left work to your right,move to the right work to your left cha cha cha,and dip

 

[korm kormsen]

well, i got an excuse.
my remoteness.
i have to buy things i plan to use sometime, when i can get them.
(just waited four days for a couple of 1mm drills)

rubbish or not - i found out, that for repairs i always need just that thing, my wife threw away the week before...

 

[Steve]

Out of intrest if you are so remote why is there a super market next door

On that basis i must be very remote as my nearest supermarket it at least a mile away

 

[nico]

so thats where the money went8|