I’m in need of advice about the color to paint my new layout room. The room is 14’ by 24’ with a high, sloped ceiling. The ceiling is about 14’ on the inside wall, sloping to about 8’ on the outside wall. There are no windows and the lighting is yet to be determined. I plan to have masonite as my painted backdrop, but I need to choose a color for the contractor to finish over the sheetrock primer. He will be spraying it, so the walls and ceiling will be the same color. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
If it was me…white. The color belongs on the layout and backdrop, IMO. [2c]
I would paint paint it the same color as the backdrops. But that’s just me…
Such a large space. I would use off-whites or how about a light blue-gray.
If you use the same color as the darker, upper portion of your backddrop sky, the line between the backdrop and room should be nearly invisible. Just my thought.
Have fun,
Wendel: I like white, simply because of the light reflecting ability. I would think in a room that large, lighting will be difficult for a layout, and you would need all the help you can get. It is also easy to repair or repaint if need be. Regards, andy
Just a thought - Have him round the corners and paint it sky blue. That way you won’t need any more backdrop and your layout will look great from any angle.
what railroad are you modeling? whats your theme? mountains? desert? Or depot color. Tans, greens,yellows. paint the ceiling off white and color on the walls. off white doors and trim. Unless you want it to look like a washing machine, then paint it white. Go to a paint store and look at some charts with pictures of finished rooms. click on the picture. This is over a ear ago when I started.
My “railroad room” as I call it, is a light green, pistachio color.
Notice the walls:
We’re thinking along the same lines with the blue-gray. I didn’t mention this in my post but the room has 2 large exposed trusses that I had boxed in with sheet rock. Using 2 colors, white on the ceiling and blue-gray on the walls, might draw your eye up to those trusses. If the room is painted in just the blue-gray, I’m thinking that the sharp edges of the boxes would soften and tend to disappear. The color I’m considering would be just a little brighter and bluer than the background color on this web site. Your thoughts?
Check out my other response posting. To answer your questions though, I model the Great Northern, SP&S and related roads in and around Spokane WA circa 1958. The focus of the layout will be passenger operations at the GN depot in Spokane, and a very compressed freight operation at Hillyard. Nice photo of your layout room.
Any way you can post a picture of the room?
glenn
Maybe you could use the sheetrock wall for the backdrop and if so paint it the appropiate blue as suggested. The pic shows my yet to be finished backdrop which is 18 inches from the layout top as I am building an island. If you will be against the wall that would even be better. As for the cieling I’d go with white especially since you have no outside light.
Bob
Unless someone is sitting with nothing to do, they are unlikely to look up - usually, folks tend to look down. The same color on the walls and ceiling will make the room seem larger. If you paint everything blue or bluish and paint clouds on the backdrop, you might find it necessary to paint clouds all over! Finally, off-whites look exactly that - “off!” Recommendation: paint everything white-white except for the backdrop itself (extended as high as you are ambitious). The white will be the correct background for everything and anything you want to emphasize.
Never paint anything white/white, white doesn,t even cover itself. People only paint cheep slum apartments white/white.
We took pictures, but can’t figure out how to upload them. FAQ does not address that as far as I can see. Any hints?
Walls the lettering color
Baseboard, door casing, and trim darkest color
doors orange
ceiling. depending on how high it is. if it’s a tall ceiling paint it dark, if its low paint it the wall color
use can lights or track lighting
low sheen on the walls and ceiling, or flat on the ceiling if dark and gloss on everyting else
The size and shape of this room is probably going to be bad for accoustics if the ceiling is flat. Do you have or plan to apply an accoustic (popcorn or textured) material as this will make quite a difference in that echo chamber.
Just a thought.
Popcorn or textured won,t make a any difference what so ever. Popcorn went out in the 80,s. Insulation in the walls and ceiling will help, the more R value the better. If you really want to bounce the sound down add crown molding. But if you have sloped ceiling don,t bother. Once you start filling up the room with everything that will asorb any echo. Put down carpet. You can always cover it with plastic and a big dropcloth till your finished with the messy work.