Rainbows in the Lehigh Valley Gorge

[TMo]

While I was roasting the turkey yesterday morning and before company got here, I started working on some fencing to go up behind the brewery.  If you recall, one of my desires is to make this area of the layout appear to be a good deal deeper than it actually is, and I want to really give the feel that it's receding downhill - the backdrop helps, but I've found that incorporating vertical elements (whether that's structures, walls, fences, or trees) is a great way to break up the sight lines between the front and rear of the available space.

In scale, this fence is about 8 feet tall, and I'm going to place it at the back edge of the hill behind the first section of the brewery and run it between the Duplan Silk Mill and the road near the beer distributor.  It's another Clever model (the HO scale wood fence) made out of cardstock (great intro kit, but I wish there were other colors available) and includes some vertical posts and some additional horizontal stiffeners that I haven't incorporated yet.  The picture below just shows the fence propped up in place temporarily, but just adding the fence is a great way to add perceived depth to the scene and really enhances the perception that the scene runs downhill and away from the viewer.  I won't do a final install until I scenic the areas behind the fence, but it's good to get a good idea of how things look as you go.