What colour is your train room? - Model Railroader Magazine
My layout space is basic white, except for the floor which is concrete grey. That will be changed in limited areas, as necessary to properly accent the modeling:
- Ceiling between valences - black, once the valences and under-valence lighting is in.
- Backdrop doodles (mist-shrouded mountain scenery, mostly) where the scenery doesn't make it unnecessary. I'm leaning toward a very distant view of Fujisan behind Tomikawa, but that will be on a separate background board instead of the garage door.
- Next re-seal, the concrete will get an oxide red overlay.
Other things which impact the color scheme are the valences and fascia panels (which will be left the natural dark mud brown Masonite(r) color) and the under-benchwork curtains (I'm leaning toward black, or horizontal stripes that resemble a cross-section of underground strata.)
The layout itself should be brightly lighted for construction and 'daytime' operation, the floor should be lighted well enough to make 'trip-traps' in the walkways visible, the rest of the room can be as dark as a cave unless it is used for other, non-model-railroad purposes. (Searching for dropped objects is best done with a hand-held light source.)
Just my . Other opinions will certainly differ.
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
