Good things come in narrow packages

[MasonJar]

Steve,

Here's a couple of shots from Mike Hamer's Boston & Maine to illustrate what I mean about curving the river instead of running it straight into the backdrop. I believe the scene is only 9" deep - certainly not more than a foot...!

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You can see in the above photos that the entrance to the curve is big and wide, and fools you into thinking that it is the same around the corner.

Hope that helps.

Andrew