Backdrop at the Team Track

[ocalicreek]

I just like the connection to the outdoors.

Several years back there was an a layout feature article in MR about an artist's logging themed layout in his studio. Beautiful layout, but the most striking feature was the backdrop. The layout, if I recall, was stretched out along one long wall with a pair or three big windows in the middle. The builder had made the backdrop panels to set into the window frame when focusing on the layout, or to be removed when working in his studio. As an artist he valued the natural light and, I would imagine, the inspiration that came from a beautiful view of a wooded area on his property.

I thought about doing something similar with the high, short window above my layout, but I really appreciate the natural light it offers. Plus, there's an african violet in that window we haven't been able to kill so it must really like that spot. It shouldn't be a distraction when trains are running.

Galen