Are you doing a drop ceiling? The finish work looks good. I remember reading somewhere a long time ago, that dry wall was never meant to be dry sanded during the prep work. According to what I read, a wet sponge was the recommended method. I have done both over the years, and don't care for, nor am I proficient in either method. I try as much as possible to incorporate things like exposed beams or other treatments to cover as much of the seams as possible. The fun is soon to begin!
Yes Don, I am installing a drop ceiling. Hope to have that done by the weekend.
I envy your progress haha looks great!
@BillYo414 posted:I envy your progress haha looks great!
He's going to surpass my progress........and my train room has been finished for over 6 years. This is motivating me to get busy again.
@BlueComet400 posted:He's going to surpass my progress........and my train room has been finished for over 6 years. This is motivating me to get busy again.
He's already passed me up haha but it is motivating. For Sure!
Great work and inspiration. I have an unfinished basement and with relatively low ceilings, so if I were to redo my layout, I Might consider painting the ceiling black as some others have done. (Not a suggestion, just a comment) In your case, you have a finished basement that will have a nice clean crisp feel to it and you have excellent lighting already in place. That is a lot of progress in a short amount of time. Can't wait to see more.
Thanks guys. You have to remember this project started a little over two years ago, so it's not going that quickly. Because I went back and have been documenting it from the beginning, it seems fast. After a couple more posts I will be caught up to current time, so things will slow up a bit. 
@NJCJOE posted:Thanks guys. You have to remember this project started a little over two years ago, so it's not going that quickly. Because I went back and have been documenting it from the beginning, it seems fast. After a couple more posts I will be caught up to current time, so things will slow up a bit.
Some time lapse photography perhaps!
@NJCJOE posted:Thanks guys. You have to remember this project started a little over two years ago, so it's not going that quickly. Because I went back and have been documenting it from the beginning, it seems fast. After a couple more posts I will be caught up to current time, so things will slow up a bit.
No worries Joe. It's kind of like watching one of those home improvement shows on TV. It's amazing what they can accomplish in 60 minutes. 
Bob
Man we can shoot alot of lemon pits around that room Looks awesome
You guys are hilarious. 
3/13/21– I got all the walls and soffit primed. The next day I was able to paint the soffit white. Then another train friend came over to help paint the light gray on the walls. I also finished installing the remaining outlets and wall plates. It’s really starting to look like something at this point.
Attachments
Images (4)
@NJCJOE posted:You guys are hilarious.
3/13/21– I got all the walls and soffit primed. The next day I was able to paint the soffit white. Then another train friend came over to help paint the light gray on the walls. I also finished installing the remaining outlets and wall plates. It’s really starting to look like something at this point.
Daaaaang! Museum quality! Are you retired now?
Joe Gozzo
Well, it's coming along, blindingly so...
Well done.
@Trainlover160 posted:Daaaaang! Museum quality! Are you retired now?
Joe Gozzo
No, not retired. 
@NJCJOE posted:Thanks guys. You have to remember this project started a little over two years ago, so it's not going that quickly...... After a couple more posts I will be caught up to current time, so things will slow up a bit.
However Joe, that’s when you get to the GOOD stuff like benchwork, laying track, wiring and running trains! Followed by scenic material, structures and populating your creation.
3/23/21 – I ordered the suspended ceiling tiles from a company online. They are not your typical mineral fiber tiles. Rather they are fiberglass with a fiberglass-vinyl latex composite faces and sealed edges. These were delivered via a freight company, all 674 lbs. of them. After working in the basement for so long, you forget how big it is, until you order materials. 
Attachments
Images (1)
Joe, that ceiling tile material sounds great! This is the first I have heard of it. I spent too much time in drop ceilings in the first 2/3 of my 43 years working for power and telecom utilities. I hate that traditional material. It always leaves dust an larger pieces when you have to move a tile to get to wiring and plumbing.
Are you going to install it yourself? I only did it once. My late father-in-law helped me (or I should say I helped him) install it in our first house long ago.
I s your floor still concrete. I think so looking at the photographs. What are your plans for the floor. I’m still working with concrete in my layout room floor.
Mark,
Yes, these ceiling tiles are pretty nice. Those old fiberglass panels were a pain but with these being completely covered with the fiberglass-vinyl latex composite, they quite nice. I too am not a fan of the mineral fiber panels. The ceiling grid was installed with the help of a friend last weekend and I am installing the tiles. Pictures coming soon.
The floor is concrete and will be carpeted with 2'x2' carpet tiles. Waiting for the delivery truck as we speak.
Excellent choices, Joe!!
