Favorite Operating Accessory Follow-up

[traindaddy1]

Got to thinking about Lionel Operating Accessories and was Just wondering:    If you have the "Tug-of-War", the "Pony Ride", the "Witches Cauldron", "Sly Fox & The Hunter" et al,    do you just place them on the Layout or do you grade the scenery up to the level of the accessories so that they blend in?   Thanks.

[Jumijo]

Blend in!

Jim 

[Joe Hohmann]

Blend it in, if you can, but you need to be sure that you will want it in that location permanently. On my small layout I've been shifting things around, trying to make the best use of my limited space. Only my Playtime Playground is "in the ground". Some of them don't look too bad "up top", but they all look better blended in, from what I've seen on other layouts (it also makes the animation seem more of a "mystery" to viewers). Joe