I was looking at painters drop cloths fo skirting. There are some that are 4’x15’ and two would work ok for me. Although they don’t come in a dark color, just tan.
I use landscaping fabric - not the plastic stuff, the woven stuff. It’s a nice charcoal gray, and it’s inexpensive. The only down side is I’ve only found it in 36" widths. I glued wooden clothespins to the back of the fascia to hold the landscape fabric in place.
Nick
Spidge - your layout looks awesome, need more pics or do you have a website?
Thanks Chuck, I also look forward to photos of your layout. If you look in my signature the is a button WWW that will link to my photobucket pages. There are many almost duplicate photos and a few recent additions. I added a siding and may change the small town(Victorcille) to support more volume. I also built a small engine service bay and posted photos of it. I just need to install some vents.
Wow, an awesome SP layout 4 hours away. Chuck, someday I would like to have a chance to operate your layout.
Interesting. What kind of white ice paneling?
I’m using a high-gloss tan for my fascias. Lighting valence for the upper deck will probably be gloss black.
I use the gloss because it’s easy to clean up.
I use the tan because it’s close to the dirt color around most of my locale, and because it tends to diminish the appearance of smudges, dirt, etc.
(Sorry, no picture yet)
I like the color of the fascia on the layout in the current MR (that the staff is working on) RED!
I like the museum shadow-box look, but I think it only works if the lighting is set up for it…especially with contained lights in a valence. I don’t have a valence. In regular overhead basement lighting, I think heavy black quickly overwhelms the scenery, especially if the fascia is deep and the layout is relatively small.
I’m going with an earth tone light brown.
On the second ,level, for a short 2 inch fascia that will line that approach, I’m going with an yellow-ish off white, the overall wall color of my basement. First, the area won’t be “handled” by strangers as much as the base level, and second, I think it will make the short fascia complementary and blend with the overall wall color, thus creating ever more a sense of “separation” between the levels - that they’re truly independent scenes.
I went to Lowes one day to pick a color for the fasica and ran across a color called “Aged Pine” from Valspar. I went with an eggshell finish rather than flat. The color has worked out well. Jim
Black for me![8D]
That’s what it’s called, Mr Hotspur, “WHITE ICE” panelling. Bought mine at Home Depot. I model winter, and “profile” the fascia to contour to my hillsides…blends pretty good, and cleans easy to boot.
After studying many magazine layout photos I chose a dark green color for my fascia. I’m not sure what the name of the color is, my wife took a magazine photo to Home Depot (or Lowe’s?) and they matched the color for her. I am modeling the Colorado Rockies. I’m hoping that when I get my trees and other vegatation completed there will be some tie in with my Fascia color. For my valence I chose a flat white color.
Mike B.
Jim, I visited your website and I gotta say, great layout! Pennsy on a door… gotta love it!
I was a fan of your old E&A, but the new one is looking spectacular.
I’ll be checking up on that site for updates. Keep it up!
Mike,
I love those cabinets below! Have you made them so you still have access without major problems? Looks wonderful!
Joe
Thanks Dave - appreciate the nice comments. This time around both space and $$ are limited, which necessitated a smaller layout. Being smaller had the advantage that I can finish it to a good level of detail in a reasonable time. I enjoy working on the layout as there are always things to do or change. Your layout looks great and you should be very proud of your work - you earned it. Jim
Joe Daddy - Thanks for your comment on my benchwork. The doors all open to allow storage under the benchwork. Two hinges on one side plus magnetic catch on the other for each door. I had to work a little to get them perfectly plumb up and down, otherwise they would not swing properly and would scrap the floor but I worked it out OK by trial and error. Luckily my 2x4 legs were plumb enough to begin with for me to attempt mounting the doors. There are four doors in total, all made the same - “beadboard” panels cut to size and framed with 1x3 around the edges. In addition to the four doors the remainder of the benchwork is made up of bookshelves and display shelves so I didn’t have to use any fabric drapes etc. The hidden storage space was the “deal closer” with my wife so I could gain this spare bedroom for my layout!
Mike B.