03-14-2011, 04:45 PM
Galen,
Right now I have a single 4 bulb Flourescent fixture in the middle of the room. Not sure if you have noticed but I have about a half dozen lights around the room at each work station for proper lighting. As a workshop this has been fine as I only need the appropriate light on for the work I am doing at the time and keeps me from having to have a bunch of random lights on around the room.
For the layout lighting I had been purchasing the 24" flourescent fixtures that can be connected using conduit but I think I am going to mount those below the layout and above my workbench for extra lighting.
I think the easiest thing to do will be to purchase the track lighting system sold at a variety of big box hardware stores which have a variety of attachments and only need some screws to hold them in place. They also have a setup that they plug right into the wall and using a lamp cord switch can be turned on and off. Although this would require going around the layout flipping on switches I figure I will have them all on before anyone comes to visit anyway. Also in the event of a move I just unscrew the tracks and take it with me to the next place. The entire design of the layout, less the backdrop, is to be moveable. At a bare minimum the major scences and structures will be able to be saved for the next rendition. I have found modeling one common theme will allow me to continue to reuse mnay of the components at the next location.
I hope this has been some sort of help...
Right now I have a single 4 bulb Flourescent fixture in the middle of the room. Not sure if you have noticed but I have about a half dozen lights around the room at each work station for proper lighting. As a workshop this has been fine as I only need the appropriate light on for the work I am doing at the time and keeps me from having to have a bunch of random lights on around the room.
For the layout lighting I had been purchasing the 24" flourescent fixtures that can be connected using conduit but I think I am going to mount those below the layout and above my workbench for extra lighting.
I think the easiest thing to do will be to purchase the track lighting system sold at a variety of big box hardware stores which have a variety of attachments and only need some screws to hold them in place. They also have a setup that they plug right into the wall and using a lamp cord switch can be turned on and off. Although this would require going around the layout flipping on switches I figure I will have them all on before anyone comes to visit anyway. Also in the event of a move I just unscrew the tracks and take it with me to the next place. The entire design of the layout, less the backdrop, is to be moveable. At a bare minimum the major scences and structures will be able to be saved for the next rendition. I have found modeling one common theme will allow me to continue to reuse mnay of the components at the next location.
I hope this has been some sort of help...