Here’s my summer layout. Lights, trees, signs and an airport are some of the major changes.
Starting with the lighting, I added 110volt grain of wheat light strings to many of the towers. The strings I used are Darice brand sold through and made for my local craft store Pat Catan’s. They come in several lengths but the majority of what I used had 20 or 35 bulbs per string. As twisted the bulbs are only about 2 inches apart so I untwisted the wires to get 5 inch spacing.
Another dramatic lighting effect I developed here is vellum signage. If you look at the first floor of this structure you’ll see a familiar face for a familiar place! Besides Colonel Sanders, there are McGolden arches, a Thai Airways logo and numerous other signs now lighting up all over the layout. In the previous 3 pics it’s also easy to see that the sign on the pedestrian bridge is also now illuminated.
To make the signs, most of which are using 14 volt rather than 110 volt gow’s, I printed out the logos in varying sizes on white vellum. You can find vellum in craft stores in the scrapbooking section, but mine came from Staples. Through experimentation I decided “inderect” lighting was t
Absolutely beautiful, Becky. Although your fourth and sixth shots were not intended to conjour up thoughts of cherry blossoms, my mind immediately went to Kyoto and its spring blossoms. Once seen, never forgotten! Could also say the same about your layouts. You are not just a hobbyist, you are an artist!!
As a regular reader of the forum and sometime poster I could not pass this without comment. Wow! Another excellent display(as usual) from a very talented lady. Thanks for sharing it with us. Wayne
I agree with Frank-53. I really like this building. It has a real 1930’s art deco look to it. Is there a full size building, maybe in your home town, that inspired it?
Another dramatic lighting effect I developed here is vellum signage. If you look at the first floor of this structure you’ll see a familiar face for a familiar place! Besides Colonel Sanders, there are McGolden arches, a Thai Airways logo and numerous other signs now lighting up all over the layout. In the previous 3 pics it’s also easy to see that the sign on the pedestrian bridge is also now illuminated.
