03-05-2009, 10:01 AM
tetters Wrote:If I may, I don't think you'd want to force the perspective too much, otherwise, it might ruin the illusion. I like Wayne's idea to disguise the wall area...except maybe instead of another train bridge maybe a bridge for motor vehicles. I would think it would help give the illusion of distance you are looking for as the vehicle bridge by default is already smaller. Possibly connect to the road you have roughed in on the left there.
Did that make any sense?
Yup! That's why I specified a road bridge.
I'd suggest building it more-or-less to-scale, except making it much narrower - as long as you don't put any vehicles on it, it shouldn't be noticeable.I experimented with forced perspective in the scene below (shot by Mister Nutbar) - from eye-level, the N scale cattle look pretty decent, but from normal viewing height (this part of the layout is 36" above the floor) my daughter commented on the midget cows.
Once the second level of the layout is in place, viewers will be forced to view the scene at "eye level".[album]670[/album]
Wayne