Good things come in narrow packages

[P5se Camelback]

... As I read this, memories of how the animators of Disney's "Bambi" used multiple level backdrop scenes, and as the characters moved across the foreground, they were able to shift the background at the different amounts needed, to give the correct change of view that is "normally seen" when moving. Yeah, I'm still looking for ways to improve "background", and with those memories, came one idea....no straight lines. This is why trees, and distant hills work so well, there's no straight lines to "lock" perspective........and yeah even that doesn't fix the problem of roads. ...

As a young boy, I was fascinated by the wonderment of Disney and dreamt of one day working as an animator for Walt. I sucked every bit of knowledge I could about how Disney Studios produced those incredible animated feature films (Pixar is the only animated film studio that holds a candle to the Walt Disney Studios films of the Forties and Fifties!) I practiced drawing Disney's characters until I could whip one up on a paper napkin in seconds, or put together a "flip-book animation" of Goofy or Donald bowing making some wild jesture in an hour or two.

But thanks, Pete, for reminding me of that technique ... I now sit here wondering if there just might be a way to develop something along those lines for model railroad backdrops? It would be difficult, to be sure, but one must have the attitude that nothing is impossible and pursue success. Making that happen would truly be "Imagineering" that Walt and his railroading sidekick, Ward Kimball would have appreciated!