New Home
The last major change was where the James River Branch would live. I abandoned the plan to build it into a coffee table because I wanted to enjoy the layout close to eye level, rather than have to crouch down on the floor for a good view (I came to this realization as I was building and photographing Version I). So the original coffee table would remain where it was, and the new layout would occupy a shelf in my office.
This opened up some new opportunities. For one thing: light. To me, layouts look their best under a lot of light—more than many modelers seem to want to use, and significantly more than a typical living room would provide. So the first thing I did was install several compact fluorescent under-cabinet fixtures on the underside of the shelf above the layout.
One wall of my workshop is a set of floor-to-ceiling shelves.
Nine under-cabinet fluorescent lighting units are mounted to the shelf above.
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