tenwheeler
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After tearing out my old layout, I have been working away on the new one... but once my small train room had it's benchwork cleared out, I thought I would correct all those little details that bugged me for so long.
First off, I had a 2 bulb florescent fixture that didn't throw enough light, so I replaced that with two 4 bulb units with photo quality lights; then I put in a new "panoramic" background all around the room, and even trimmed the ceiling. I finally got the benchwork up, followed by the foam boards, and a second set of background panels (brown masonite...) to be used as the back of the hills & mountains around the layout.
These photos should give you the general idea of what has been done so far, now I have to trace the outline of my "hills" on the brown panels, get my RotoZip out an cut off the excess. The big hurtle after that, will be building a lift-up, or a "swing-up" section for the room's doorway area.
Suggestions and comments welcome... Bob
First off, I had a 2 bulb florescent fixture that didn't throw enough light, so I replaced that with two 4 bulb units with photo quality lights; then I put in a new "panoramic" background all around the room, and even trimmed the ceiling. I finally got the benchwork up, followed by the foam boards, and a second set of background panels (brown masonite...) to be used as the back of the hills & mountains around the layout.
These photos should give you the general idea of what has been done so far, now I have to trace the outline of my "hills" on the brown panels, get my RotoZip out an cut off the excess. The big hurtle after that, will be building a lift-up, or a "swing-up" section for the room's doorway area.
Suggestions and comments welcome... Bob
