Look closer...
Closer...
And here's another corner:
The railroad has been framed! Finally. The 12 foot long trim strips have been laying on my garage floor for FAR too long. The color is my favorite, Mudstone. I had the Home Depot color match a quart from a sample I brought in. These images make it look washed out but it is really much darker in person.
The concept I am developing is that of a picture laid on its back with the three-dimensional interactive painting rising out of the frame. I debated on whether or not to consider it a plinth on which a sculpture is created, but that doesn't suit the concept. The frame around traditional paintings serves to isolate the world of the painting from the world of the viewer whether in a gallery, restaurant, office, or in my case, garage.
This frame is complete - there will be no throttle doo-dads or operational whatsits attached. To my mind that's just visual clutter, no matter how useful. (My garage is already cluttered enough!). DCC fortunately reduces the need to rely on a massive control panel of switches and lights. That said, there will still be a panel for the throttle power supply and controls for lights; it will be on a separate board on a shelf beneath the railroad.
More on this concept in later posts. I am not the first to pass this way, but not many have...
