Printing large backdrops - Printable Version

Printing large backdrops - Printable Version

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Printing large backdrops - Ho Lee Kow - 19th-Jan-20

I need a long background for my track and have some scenic downloads from various places but where is a cheap place to get them printed. I am thinking of five at 3 feet long and about 2 feet high. Only place I found online is asking £12 each...so £60, is that the usual rate?

RE: Printing large backdrops - CMOTD - 20th-Jan-20

Probably not too far out for one-off bespoke stuff but you could save money by using the commercially available model railway backscenes. I used THESE on my layout and they are priced between £15 and £17 for 10ft x 15in. Have a look at my track thread (Conington Park) to see them in use.

RE: Printing large backdrops - woodcote - 20th-Jan-20

The backdrops Brian describes are perfect. But if you want to print your own design, you should look at standard poster sizes. A0 is 33" x 47" - so not far off 4 x 3 foot. You could ask the printer to print two 3 x 2 ft images on one sheet and then cut them. Expect a price of £10-20 per A0 sheet, depending on the paper thickness used. You could even look at printing on PVC.

RE: Printing large backdrops - Ntxslotcars - 21st-Feb-21

(20th-Jan-20, 10:12 AM)CMOTD Wrote: Probably not too far out for one-off bespoke stuff but you could save money by using the commercially available model railway backscenes. I used THESE on my layout and they are priced between £15 and £17 for 10ft x 15in. Have a look at my track thread (Conington Park) to see them in use.

Wow! Thanks for posting these CM!!!

I used a wallpaper border for my track. Not very tall, and repeats every 18", but was effective...

I will definitely bee looking at these for my next layout!

So many cars... So little time...

RE: Printing large backdrops - Kevan - 21st-Mar-23

I'd love to add a local scenic backdrop behind our Rally track.

I have a photo and a bit of googling found the answer I was after to be able to print this in A4 sections.

It seems easy enough (famous last words)...

Open a blank Excel sheet (I use Libre Office Calc)
Define your print page size (mines A4)
Click in the A1 box to highlight it
Click insert>image then find your preferred image
Zoom right out until your preferred poster width is visible - you should see the 'page printable' boxes
Drag the bottom right corner of the imported image down and out to your preferred poster size
When you choose 'print' it'll print your now huge poster in A4 sections

I intend covering an area about 2m wide by 1.5m high which my printer tells me is 42 sheets of A4

I've not tried it yet but it should work...

RE: Printing large backdrops - JasonB - 21st-Mar-23

I'd be interested to hear how you get on with this.

I assume you'll have trim each page?

RE: Printing large backdrops - Kevan - 21st-Mar-23

Even with zero border widths there's bound to be some trimming but a huge scene like that would look brilliant.