@ogaugenut posted:Painting Homasote is a good idea, will cut down on it picking up moisture. Color may depend on you intentions about scenery. Are you going to do detailed terrain and mountains or will it be a more tinplate / toy type layout. If planning on scenery, then you will want to lay a foundation for the future scenery. Forest green is a common base color for such purposes. If a more toy like layout, then a wide range of colors is possible including green, black, blue, etc. I have made multi-level toy like layouts and have painted each level a different color to add interest. Bold colors can work on such layouts. Suggest painting both sides of Homasote.
Thank you for the reply,
I think another way to consider my issue is visualize the lower level track and yards more like a bookcase or display case. Over most of the room it will be 24" deep with a 12" overhead that is reduced visually to a approximate 9" by using a fascia along the top edge to hide the source of LED strip lighting. I don't really envision any scenery in this space,
I wonder if I should use a somewhat reflective (eggshell) light gray or white on the background or maybe a flat black so the trains and track stood out from the lighting and the background became lost in darkness. As for the homasote thank for suggesting sealing it. However I'm still trying to decide on the color over the homasote that will be visible between tracks? I guess a medium gray and then over that earthy colors and weeds or grasses?
kevin
