Helpful Hint
This shelf layout demonstrates how effective even shallow benchwork can be when artistically executed. Though knowing little about this layout, I cannot exclude the possibility that other areas are much deeper.
Here we have a very attractive deep fascia attractively painted (I would guess to call this a putty color) with no screws apparent. In my mind, deep fascias are more effective in telling our story (a slice of the world) than shallow one. This rule of thumb is borne out with superb non-railroad dioramas I have seen published. This fascia is likely attached with brads and perhaps glue. Incidentally, the foliage modeled is superb. The neat panel to the right of this photograph; is doubtless an access panel of some sort eliminating the need to remove the fascia to adjust or work on some mechanism. Perhaps this panel is attached with Velcro as no hinges or fasteners are visible? Given the absence of visible fasteners, the alternative of removing this fascia would likely be a messy affair with damage resulting to the scenery.
This layout owner eschewed using Plexiglass panels to protect his utility poles from errant elbows. Clearly this layout owner values aesthetics over practical protective measures. Every layout owner makes his own difficult choices when facing these tradeoffs. To each his own. For example, some layout builders can be extremely fastidious in some regards and yet leave the corner of their layout just that - as a sharp corner (as opposed to building a gentle curve into their backdrop with styrene or drywall or metal).
Revised March 24, 2024
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