Dave, Don't worry about the kind of light in the layout room, so window light is nice, but it leaves the problem of a background. I built a room above my garage and put in only two windows as required. I put them near the ceiling so I could put a background behind the tracks. I put in 10' ceiling in most of the area and I get alot of comments about the open effect. I have fluorescent fixtures, 3 double tube 8' fixtures but even those leave the corners somewhat dark. I also have several strings of track lights that we use for open house etc. I tubes, with UV protectors, make for general operating/construction lighting. The track lighting is good to emphases highlights scenes on the layout. My height is the upper 30's and perhaps up to 40". I had planned building a mountain to the ceiling (10 ft) but couldn't figure out a simple way of building it--but would have been fun to do though and really give scale to the trains!
Bob Werre ctxmf74 wrote: >--- In [email protected], Bob Werre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Being a > > >>photographer who has photographed a layout or two and one who has >>visited many just to see, I have issues with lighting which is >>compounded by having a tall layout. >> >> > > Hi Bob, One of the benefits of switching from O scale to S scale >is 46 inch curves will look a lot better! I'm even hoping I can >reduce them to 40 inch for my new S scale layout, I can fit in a lot >more operation oriented track work if I do. > Since I'm starting from scratch what would you recommend for >lighting if I have a level 55 inch tall layout in a square open room( >24 feet by 24 feet) with 8 foot ceiling? And how about natural light, >I'd like to build in some windows up around the top of the walls so I >can see the woods as I work on the layout, would they be a problem for >photography light? I guess I could put curtains on them if >needed?.....Dave Branum > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
