I like the museum look too but I don't care for the stark black so I go with a nuetral color ,dark beige.
Mark R. wrote:I went with the museum look myself. My valence and facia are painted satin black as is the drywalled ceiling above the aisle-way. Everything below the bench-work is painted a dark hunter green. The ceiling above the layout itself (behind the valence) is painted the same sky blue as the back-drop, as is the back of the valence ....Mark.
I went with the museum look myself. My valence and facia are painted satin black as is the drywalled ceiling above the aisle-way. Everything below the bench-work is painted a dark hunter green. The ceiling above the layout itself (behind the valence) is painted the same sky blue as the back-drop, as is the back of the valence ....
Mark.
Likewise on my HO Siskiyou Line.
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I use a dark hunter green for the fascia, black for the valance and skirting. I leave the ceiling white, but the aisles don't have any lighting -- only the layout, so the emphasis is on the layout, and you can see in the above photo.
I like the museum-shadowbox look. I think it's very attractive and it focuses attention on the layout, as it should.
Joe Fugate Modeling the 1980s SP Siskiyou Line in southern Oregon
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
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Interesting topic,
My choice is a flat, darker green, not quite OD, but close and I am using black plastic sheeting as the curtain. I've read and thought about this quite abit and rather like the shadow box effect that darker colors create. My original thinking did not include a valence, as I use track lights, but I'm certainly going to put up a temporary valence probably the same color as the facia to see if I get the shadow box effect others talk about.
Joe
I haven't done my facia yet but I think I'm going to go with a dark green. I model the southeastern U.S. and it fits best imho.
JaRRell
I vote for a somewhat dark shade of brown/tan simply to represent dirt/rock supporting the landscape above (in mountain or other areas with,say granite underlayment, use dark grey - make sure to feather in colors between areas) - no root details or underground creeks or whatever (unless you're really into that), just plain brown/grey/tan etc.
(and if you have a curtain/skirt that reaches the floor, dye the bottom a neon red/orage to represent hot molten magma - OK, so that's the ultimate vertical selective compression, but it's still a fun idea)