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Assuming that at some point you will want to add some hills / terrain beyond just the flat top, you should think about what will happen at the edge. A 4" wide strip of paneling or hardboard (masonite) is easy to cut, to match your scenery profile, but you need to plan for it by including some mounting points. An easy solution would be to run a 2x2 along the outer edge, just under the plywood, perhaps in 6" blocks rather than continuous; once you've got scenery roughed in, you can rough-cut a piece of paneling, screw it onto those blocks, trace your scenery contour with a pencil, then take it down and cut out that profile. After it is cut, remount it, and then put your finishing scenery right up to it (however you intend to do scenery). Even the cheapest paneling can do so much to dress up the edge! And it'll make it look more solid with a few inches of depth.
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