Videos & Photos Videos Series Spaces to Places Spaces to Places III | Making a highway, part 4

Spaces to Places III | Making a highway, part 4

By Gerry Leone | February 9, 2023

| Last updated on April 4, 2023


Finishing the scenery, backdrop, details, and all!

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Work on the highway underpass settings concludes. Watch as host Gerry Leone shares techniques for blending his realistic photo backdrop into the scenery. Starting from the back and working to the front, Gerry builds out the countryside setting with a variety of ground cover, strategically placed trees, and signature roadside details that turn this model railroad space into a plausible place!

For more information about the unique backdrop blending technique Gerry employs, read Gregg Condon’s February 2021 Model Railroader article, “Blending Roads into Backdrops”.

2 thoughts on “Spaces to Places III | Making a highway, part 4

  1. Wish I had seen this video when I painted my backdrop. My road into the backdrop appears to bend at the juction point depending on the angle you look at it. Disguied it somewhat with foilage and trees.

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