Need some ideas for big wall art...

[sarel.wagner]

This is what I have done, got this display at a great price, for free Picture taken from inside viewing outside. The Rangie is the display, the Variant is parked in the yard

Hi res pictures here

Rgrds

 

[sarel.wagner]

Forgot the picture

Rgrds

 

[LocoCoco]

Here's a billboard I have in my garage. Wife and I darn near came to blows trying to hang it. I can't imagine guys hanging one of these 30 feet in the air with the wind howling. It's about 10 feet high and 22 feet long. Excuse the mess.

This is what I have done, got this display at a great price, for free Picture taken from inside viewing outside. The Rangie is the display, the Variant is parked in the yard

Hi res pictures here

Rgrds

Those are both awesome. At first glance of the thumbnail I thought it was an actual Vette on a lift.

So where do you guys get these things? It was my understanding that generally dealers of anything can't give out obsolete advertisements. In college we tried asking The Beer Store for any old beer posters they were throwing out and they said they were forced to throw them out.


LC.

 

[78Bird]

My first thought was to find a good graffiti artist, come up with a theme/design and let him do it in that kind of raw, free flowing style.

Cars, flames, hot chicks, whatever appeals to you.

Im against graffiti as property damage, but even I admit a lot of that type of stuff is quite stunning as art.

here's one I found out there, Im not an Audi guy but this is the style I mean.

 

[jayoldschool]

Here's a billboard I have in my garage. Wife and I darn near came to blows trying to hang it. I can't imagine guys hanging one of these 30 feet in the air with the wind howling. It's about 10 feet high and 22 feet long. Excuse the mess.

Nice. This is exactly what I am looking for. I measured my wall yesterday, and the space is perfect. Back wall to side door is 23', and ceiling to bottom of drywall is 12'.

Can you tell us more about the actual hanging process? Did you put it right on the wall? Glue? Tough to match up the seams? Any advice now that you have done it?

 

[Skyking1992]

I bought my Corvette billboard from a guy over on the Corvette Forum. Think I paid about $150 for it. You see them every now and then on Flea Bay.

Mine came in 8 panels. My garage has textured walls so I built some framework of 1 x 3's with a skin of 1/4" plywood. I ran a chalk line to help line up the first row of panels. I took the billboard panels to a sign company. They ran them through a machine that applied a glue, folded each panel, and put them in a large plastic bag. I'm told that wall paper paste will also work.

Putting the panels up is similar to hanging wall paper, except that each panel is a little over 4 foot tall and 5 foot long. The bottom row was easy. The problem is the top row. If everything isn't square, the panels on the top row don't line up properly. Probably not much of a problem when the billboard is going to be 30 feet in the air, but I wanted it to look good from 10 feet.

I'm pretty happy with the final results.

 

[seagravedriver]

Holy ****! I looked at this picture ten times before I realized there's a Shelby in it! More info? More pictures?

DUDE! THANKS! I have been looking for that thing. Wife did not find it amusing, garage a mess at the moment.

 

[copterdoctor]

go to ebay and type in huge poster, or huge print.... or just click on the "art" section, and type in huge.... there's a few different "stores" that sell jumbo posters.... 4-12 panels that fit together to make one image... I just ordered a 6'x6' poster of the ramones for 17 and change, which includes shipping.... it's a 9 panel job...
pretty much any subject you can think of... they'll have it...

 

[jayoldschool]

Mine came in 8 panels. My garage has textured walls so I built some framework of 1 x 3's with a skin of 1/4" plywood. I ran a chalk line to help line up the first row of panels. I took the billboard panels to a sign company. They ran them through a machine that applied a glue, folded each panel, and put them in a large plastic bag. I'm told that wall paper paste will also work.

Thanks. For my finished drywall, would you recommend applying directly to the wall surface?

 

[thdewey]

Make your own.

I built a Jeep sign above my workbench. Added a painted peg board that goes with the theme.