Do you paint the top edge of the fascia the same color as the front surface, or paint the top and inside edge of the fascia scenery base color? Or is this a detail that only obsessed people worry about?
My fascia, when I install it, will be unpainted Masonite - so the top edge will be the same color as the aisle side.
Whether the scenery will overlap it remains to be determined.
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
No fascia installed yet, but I’m planning on using stained oak.
I expect the scenery to overlap in some places and not in others.
I painted my fasica the same brown color as my scenery dirt or earth. My scenery covers the top and inside of my fasica.
The unpainted fascia is installed and I’m working on the first level of scenery. I don’t plan on painting the fascia until the scenery is basically complete so it will not get marked/stained, etc.
But I already noticed that the top is sometime slightly about ground level, sometime at ground level, and at a few places it’s below ground level. So getting a clean sharp edge on the top surface when all is said and done, may be a little tricky. Then again, it’s probably nothing to worry about.
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I don’t have a seperate fascia board, I just paint the edge of the 2" foam black.
I have my fascia completed and painted including the top edge but as I complete my scenery in the future I am going to bring the scenery up to and over the top edge so the top edge will no longer be visible. In a few places the scenery may actually “lap over” the front of the fascia a half inch or so but only in areas where there will be little or no people traffic. My fascia is curved up and down to follow the scenery profile, not sure what I would do if it was straight.
Mike B.
Most places I carry the scenery over the top edge. There are a couple places though, like at water courses, where I paint the top the same as the front.
Nick
I’d vote for the latter, although I guess that I’m obsessed enough that I feel compelled to reply. [swg][:D] Mine is unpainted and will remain so.
In some places it gets covered with scenery:
And some places get “sorta covered” (or not):
And in other places, the scenery base (in this case, 3/4" plywood) gets added after the facia, and remains completely visible. The trick is to come up with something on the layout that draws the viewer’s eye away from the facia. [swg]
Wayne
I contour the fascia and fully scenic it. I think it looks odd otherwise and breaks the illusion, but that’s just me.
Jon
Some great looking pictures with fantastic scenery. Like most other things the correct answer seems to be that there is no correct answer, and it depends.
However, I am now inclined to let the scenery roll right up to the inside and top edge of the fascia, and only roll the front surface when it comes time to paint it.
The color of choice is another topic that I think has been covered several times.
Jon:
Where did you get those back buildings? Are the from scratch, kitbashed, or purchased?
Jim,
I just did install my first fascia board sections last month (October) and I painted both the side and top edge with the same color paint, it is a semi-gloss interior latex and the color is called bedrock. Any scenery base that might cover the top edge of the fascia board is okay. But where areas of the scenery base do not cover the fascia, but meet up against the edge, then I don’t have to worry about painting that area once again.
Here is one image for your purview:
See more of my fascia board images in my Photo Gallery VI.
Cheers,
Ryan
I used Walthers Cornerstone kits and DPM modular parts for all the background buildings on the layout. Parts from a single Cornerstone kit may be found in 2 or 3 different locations along the layout since I tend to kitbash full buildings into low relief.
Jon
I think the fascia needs to be a lighter neutral color or hue than the layout’s general colors. Otherwise, I think it draws too much attention to the fascia and takes your eyes off the layout.