The first door goes up.  Why the slice down the middle?  The linear portion of the backdrop is 84", but doors are only 80".  This was another idea of Paul's.

During the weekend, I purchased 3 doors to use as the core of my backdrop.  Additionally a purchased a piece of 1/2" plywood and had it ripped to the width of the Bigelow scene.  The Bigelow scene ends at a backdrop to isolate it from the rest of the layout.  It took quite some time to figure out how to splice, lengthen, and split the doors for the 3 locations they are to be used on the layout.  Don and Tom sawed 2x4's down to make the splice boards.  Finally the group got one door section in place.  The night was a success!

The other side of the backdrop, the Bigelow side.  Bigelow will end at the plywood.  Actually, styrene backdrop will be curved around the end, to form a nice continuous blue sky.  The Sawmill at Bigelow will be painted onto the backdrop as it curves around behind the Bigelow yard.