Walt,
I'm not certain which Bob your addressing. If your asking Mr.
Nicholson, I'll cut my consulting fee in half!
The quoted price is probably right in line with medium quality work. My
daughter works at a Fedex Kinkos so she gets a bit of a discount for a
couple of small projects I've done. However I did the same stictching
of two images to make a "rolling countryside" scene for our modules
about 16' long. And yes the price was a bit scary, so I haven't gone
any further. However I decided on using a plastic surface to print on.
You might find it better than any sort of paper because of the
durability factor. You won't have to worry about moisture on the
basement walls effecting anything not to mention all the sprays and
scenery glues that we us in close quarters. If you catch them quickly,
a damp cloth will really clean well while a paper background will show
everything.
I honestly don't know if there are any deep discounters on the net, but
it might be worth a try, if your willing to accept what they give you.
If you decide to go with such a company or any local one for that
matter, include a gray scale on the edge of the image. In that way, if
they print that spot gray, they've done their job correctly.
Bob Werre
BobWphoto.com
> Guys,
>
> One wall of my layout will be devoted to the passenger terminal throat
> and yard leading into the St Paul Union Depot (SPUD). Because the real
> estate needs to be dominated by track, there will be no scenery or
> structures (except for part of the train shed and covered ramps). So
> about the only thing which will work to disquise the wall will be a
> photo backdrop. Pursuant to this, I traveled over to Saint Paul last
> week with the trusty Nikon DSLR in hand and took a series of photos of
> what you would see today looking across the SPUD wye and
> throat(unfortunately these will not look exactly like Christmas time
> 1969 but compromises need to be taken, right?). The scene over The
> Mighty Mississippi makes a decent backdrop as the river is running
> parallel to the SPUD trackage. I panoramically "stitched" the photos
> together in Photoshop and resized resulting in a decent looking
> backdrop which will print 18 feet long by 2 feet high to fit the
> space. Then the hammer fell! ! The best quote I have been able to get
> for printing this thing is $120 on "cheap paper". To print it on
> photograde paper, it will cost well over $200! Anybody have any
> sources for less expensive printing? Brother Bob? Making sure of S
> Scale content, I would rather put the $200 towards Brother Ron's S
> Scale SD45! Thanks for any help.
>
> Walt Jopke
>
>
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