03-23-2011, 11:03 AM
I suppose I had dismissed the ideawithout giving it a thought. But now that you mention it and make me think about it, it might work. And I wouldn't necessarily be limited to n-scale. I could scratchbuild whatever size would be appropriate, as the buildings are quite simple. So here is the plan - I'll go ahead and paint the building on for now, then perhaps I will build a flat which can go over the painting to see what effect it gives.
I just pulled out some foam core to do a quick mock-up, and the first thing that popped in my head was how to do the area under the building which will be parking lot. In other words, the bottom of the building will be about 6.4 mm above the layout, the parking lot underneath will have to stick out from the wall too, but that will leave an edge on the left side of the parking lot - not sure how to camoflage that.
I just pulled out some foam core to do a quick mock-up, and the first thing that popped in my head was how to do the area under the building which will be parking lot. In other words, the bottom of the building will be about 6.4 mm above the layout, the parking lot underneath will have to stick out from the wall too, but that will leave an edge on the left side of the parking lot - not sure how to camoflage that.