Experimenting with LED striplights

I started using 4100k t-8 bulbs, horrible CRI....Ordered LED striplights, suppossed to be 4000K, not even close - that upper light blue and lower dark blue IS the SAME color paint! There are actually three colors of light used in this pic - The upper left is GE Sunshine 5000K high CRI bulbs, the lower is the LED... and past the boxcar and drawings is the 4100K lighting. I will slowly switch to 5000K bulbs, and order some LED's that are 5000K. If they don't work, I'll use GE Sunshine CFL's in some areas.

Charlottesville - lower deck

Still need to build the upper deck here. It will be Staunton, VA. To the right is the Southern Crossing at Union Station. You can really see the 3 different backdrop colors in this pic (see LED post)

More...

Here in the lower level is Ivy, VA. There we have the Westvaco Pulpwood loading and a grocery warehouse siding.  Upper level will be Fishersville with a small grain siding.

Continued...

The lower section here will be Afton, VA - the entrance to Blue Ridge Tunnel. After entering the tunnel, and rounding the helix, it will exit the tunnel on the other side of the stairs and reach the upper level here- (Paper Roll) From there, we go downgrade into Basic/Waynesboro and interchange with the N&W. Still need to add the backdrop in this area.

More progress pics

Upper deck will be Waynesboro, VA and lower will be Crozet, VA. Towns will be offset from each other. I really should have cleaned up before taking these ......

Progress pics

New peninsula under construction. Upper deck will be close to Fishersville, VA and the lower deck is between Ivy, VA and Mechums Creek Bridge.

How time flies....!

My last post was Jan 2nd....I really wanted to keep this updated.

The good news is that most of the layout that needed to come down, is gone.

And even better news is that I have made a bunch of progress. I started with the teardown, then moved aisle lighting and associated electrical. Since I was trying to gain more aisle space, the studded walls were torn down and rebuilt closer to the foundation, insulated, and new drywall hung.

The new peninsula from Ivy to Crozet on the lower deck is now built with most of the masonite backdrop installed. Once the peninsula is almost complete, I will start construction of the helix and benchwork.

I need to take some pictures to post...And a few minor changes have been made to the trackplan, I'll post the new plan and pics soon!