04-27-2009, 06:26 PM
Thanks for the comments and suggestions.
I was thinking maybe poster board between the joists, with the joist painted the same color. either blue or white.
Here's some pictures of the layout, and what space I have to deal with.
Aren't us model railroaders an adatptive bunch?
Anyway, this shot shows the protion that I've been working on for the last eight years. You can see that its partially sceneiced. The reason it took so long to finish a loop was that there was a psuedo wall, that I hadn't no idea what to do with. I originally cut a hole, which the planned track would of exited out on this side. This stopped all layout construction and was why it took mee almost eight years to complete a complete loop, though I did do scenery work, and it wasn't very impressive, running a train from one side to the other and backing it up, especially when visitors came over. Finally, I just took the wall out last year, which extended my yard. You can see in the second picture, arrows point to the 2x4 that was left, and where the wall ended. The building in front of the 2x4 was built to butt up against the wall. The rest of the 2x4 will be taken out and the building will get a back. The building is camoflaging a 3/4 wall.
Finally, after the wall was taken down, the layout has been getting worked on at warp speed. What you see has happened in just the last two months. I'l have better luck putting a back drop on this wall though.
I was thinking maybe poster board between the joists, with the joist painted the same color. either blue or white.
Here's some pictures of the layout, and what space I have to deal with.
Aren't us model railroaders an adatptive bunch?
Anyway, this shot shows the protion that I've been working on for the last eight years. You can see that its partially sceneiced. The reason it took so long to finish a loop was that there was a psuedo wall, that I hadn't no idea what to do with. I originally cut a hole, which the planned track would of exited out on this side. This stopped all layout construction and was why it took mee almost eight years to complete a complete loop, though I did do scenery work, and it wasn't very impressive, running a train from one side to the other and backing it up, especially when visitors came over. Finally, I just took the wall out last year, which extended my yard. You can see in the second picture, arrows point to the 2x4 that was left, and where the wall ended. The building in front of the 2x4 was built to butt up against the wall. The rest of the 2x4 will be taken out and the building will get a back. The building is camoflaging a 3/4 wall.
Finally, after the wall was taken down, the layout has been getting worked on at warp speed. What you see has happened in just the last two months. I'l have better luck putting a back drop on this wall though.
Torrington, Ct.
NARA Member #87
I went to my Happy Place, but it was closed for renovations.
NARA Member #87
I went to my Happy Place, but it was closed for renovations.