05-03-2011, 10:25 AM
I forgot to thank Steve and Gary for their comments in my last post. Thank you gents, it means a lot.
Hi Greg. You're right, once I paint and "weather" the interior walls It will most likely tone down the stark contrast between the bare wood and the cinders floor. As discussed previously, I also plan on painting the lower 3 - 4 feet of the wall a flat black and the remaining upper portion a faded white.
Speaking of Shop Equipment. One thing that occured to me is that I'd like to add some electrical outlets and wires to the walls before I paint. Just some simple small styrene boxes to suggest the outlets and to run some magnet wire to simulate the wiring. I'll make a fuse box and some master switches along the back wall next to the door. Stuff that will be hard to add after assembly of the walls.
For lighting I was planning on using some incandescent blubs. I could actually use some help on that part because electrical stuff is not my forte. I was thinking of running a row of 4 blubs along sides of each bay instead of a single row over top of the bay as in my minds eye it wouldn't make sense to hang the lights where the loco would cast an enormous shadow over the entire shop floor.
So about 8 bulbs per bay. I was thinking some 1.5 grain of wheat bulbs but thought maybe they would be too small? Like I said some suggestions would be good.
Hi Greg. You're right, once I paint and "weather" the interior walls It will most likely tone down the stark contrast between the bare wood and the cinders floor. As discussed previously, I also plan on painting the lower 3 - 4 feet of the wall a flat black and the remaining upper portion a faded white.
Speaking of Shop Equipment. One thing that occured to me is that I'd like to add some electrical outlets and wires to the walls before I paint. Just some simple small styrene boxes to suggest the outlets and to run some magnet wire to simulate the wiring. I'll make a fuse box and some master switches along the back wall next to the door. Stuff that will be hard to add after assembly of the walls.
For lighting I was planning on using some incandescent blubs. I could actually use some help on that part because electrical stuff is not my forte. I was thinking of running a row of 4 blubs along sides of each bay instead of a single row over top of the bay as in my minds eye it wouldn't make sense to hang the lights where the loco would cast an enormous shadow over the entire shop floor.
So about 8 bulbs per bay. I was thinking some 1.5 grain of wheat bulbs but thought maybe they would be too small? Like I said some suggestions would be good.