Hi Guys and Gals!!...well, I have been working on a 2 foot by 8 foot area in front of and below the main part of the city for the last couple of weeks and wanted to show you what I have done so far. First, I lined the entire harbor area with various Ameritown walls. These walls are sitting on 3 layers of foam that will be glued together, their exposed sides sanded and then will be painted to look like concrete. I am experimenting with how to light the buildings along the harbor and decided to try an old John Allen trick....black light! I discovered that the printed interior window paper that OGR uses in their kits reacts nicely to black light. The black light itself is mounted under an adjacent table out of sight so it doesn't fall into the eyes of the viewer. When I get the incandescent street lights wired and illuminated, I think the combo of the fluorescent look and incandescent glow from the street lamps will look nice reflecting on the water. I took a few pictures with a small amount of light and then some with no light at all and only the glow of the light seemingly coming from the buildings. This is a quick and easy way to light a lot of buildings and one can use a variety of paper or highlighter colors to simulate different colors and kinds of lights. It is also very cost effective. By the way, I found out that the Lionel Aquarium building glows in black light as well as you can see in the pictures! Hope you enjoy.....
Thanks
Alan
