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Don- In thinking out-of-the-box, what if you were to mount lighting off the wall that overhangs over the layout.You can purchase some pretty nice fixtures that will give you a great look.
Don- I was thinking you could come off the 3 walls. Since you do not want to go into the concrete I feel your idea of coming off the soffit would work just as well. I added a 26" high drywall backdrop off my concrete block this week. My 17' x 14' layout is also attached to the block. I just finished the drywall and painted it Sky blue yesterday and it looks great. I purchased the paint at Lowe's. The brand was Valspar and the color number was WV32007 called "SKY". Great
$100 gift certificate to the local hobby shop from the wife! Always a great train gift. Merry Christmas!
My wife supports what ever I do. Heck, last year when I began building my layout she bought me my first DCC system for x-mas! Now that's a wife!
Agreed. Build first and then paint. Trying to remove paint in order to glue never is fun!
Thanks everybody for your responses. You have given me some things to consider along with other options! Mark
I am ready to begin my track on my HO layout. I am not satisfied with the plastic mfg. ties in flex-track and am thinking handlaid track is the way to go. My layout is going to be current period. What I am looking for is direction as to where to begin. I am thinking pre-weathered rail and current period ties. If you think this is the wrong direction to go, let me know!
Thanks for the instructions on the backdrop! The detail you went into is very helpful.
That's a great picture. Not even close to being that out of wack!
I am looking for someone to make me feel better!. I have just put down 10 feet of code 55 flex tack on my straight section of my layout. I have done everything to try to keep it straight and its just not happening. I have used straight edges, track gauges.... Is this really achievable at this length?? When I run a train with some cars there there is no niticable sway but when I look down the track from one end you can see it is not straight the entire way. NKP68