Has anyone used mirrors on N scale (or other) layouts. They would seem to increase or even double perceived size.
Thanks,
Sid
heckersid@hotmail.com
I saw an interesting use of a mirror on the club layout at the Belen, NM, Harvey House. Their layout ended up with the back side of the station toward the walkway. Since the front side was the interesting side, they used a mirror as the backdrop to show the front of the station.
Richard
Some webpages:
http://www.building-your-model-railroad.com/illusions.html
http://modeltrains.about.com/od/Scenery/a/Installing-Mirrored-Backdrops.htm
http://www.modelrailroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20014
http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/10313
The magazine index on this site:
http://trc.trains.com/Train%20Magazine%20Index.aspx?view=SearchResults&q=mirror
I tried to sell my two cents worth, but no one would give me a plug nickel for it.
I don't have a leg to stand on.
Yes, but the only photo I have is very old and doesn't reflect the layout as it is now.
Roger Hensley= ECI Railroad - http://madisonrails.railfan.net/eci/eci_new.html == Railroads of Madison County - http://madisonrails.railfan.net/ =
Sid,
Here are a few scenes using mirrors in HO scale. I will post before and after shots.
This is before.
This is after.
here 's another
Sam
Where do you get first surface mirrors?
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
Phoebe Vet Where do you get first surface mirrors?
http://www.edmundoptics.com/optics/optical-mirrors/flat-mirrors/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc&utm_campaign=us
http://firstsurfacemirror.com/
http://www.mirotek.com/
http://www.anchoroptics.com/catalog/product.cfm?id=286
Thank you. All my internet searches were turning up really big and really expensive mirrors.
Don't overlook the old handy-dandy mirror on the layout secret: Be sure observers cannot see themselves in the mirror.
Also: Walmart, and most likely your LHS (Local Hardware Store), usually has Krylon Mirror Paint in a spray can -- To be sprayed onto the back side of a piece of glass. My LHS will custom-cut a piece of glass, or plexiglass. "Google" the phrase "mirror paint."
P.S.: Nice pics "ollevon."
Conemaugh Road & Traction circa 1956
Thanks for good advice. Fun experimenting and getting cross eyed watching the reflections.
John Allen had a particularly good one at one end of a yard. The Teaby Fire Extinguisher Company building appeared to have burned in the center, with end walls still standing. It was actually a half-building, with red-light 'burning embers' and some thin grey paint 'smoke' on the mirror itself.
One club's plan for an industrial district would have included reverse-lettered signs and painting the 'away' sides of buildings in different colors. I don't know if that was ever built.
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)