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Great idea Brian. In the past I have used an old piece of mounted backscene from a broken down layout and a spare piece of track to take photos of locos I was selling on the bay, but nothing so sophisticated as yours.

Terry I have been called a few things before but never sophisticated, how kind.

Walkingthedog wrote: ↑Fri Jun 23, 2023 8:02 am Terry I have been called a few things before but never sophisticated, how kind.

That's because he has never met you

I was talking about the plank, not the.................oh wait a minute

Now I have been called a plank before

Walkingthedog wrote: ↑Fri Jun 23, 2023 5:29 pm Now I have been called a plank before

Some years ago I made a photo plank out of a couple of bits of planking I had lying about.
I painted it blue with a tunnel entrance at one end and planned to fit a backscene which I never did until now.



The backscene does not cover all of the back but is mounted on a separate board and is removable so I can change it if I want to.

Before.



And after



Loco is Pennsylvania RR K4s pacific.
Regards, Colin.

Nice one Colin.

Brian, good morning, why is it called a Plank. Plank to me is a long length of wood. Tis more of an offcut. I have a oo one for transporting Beyer Garratt, as far too long to hold, and a small one for moving N gauge Brighton Belle. mine have track and are painted, but no pretty back drop. Yours looks good.

Good morning John. Guess it’s easier than saying Photo piece of offcut wood