SeeYou190 NorthBrit It is a painted hills scene, then pictures of trees and bushes collected from old magazines etc. made into a collage. I have seen this done on other layouts, but never as effectively as you have accomplished. -Kevin
NorthBrit It is a painted hills scene, then pictures of trees and bushes collected from old magazines etc. made into a collage.
I have seen this done on other layouts, but never as effectively as you have accomplished.
-Kevin
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hornblower OERRFailRanner So, for clarification, have a gap between the modeled hills and the backdrop with trees on the backdrop? Exactly! This gives you a 3D ridgeline in front of your backdrop. The gap doesn't need to be very deep, no more than an inch or so.
OERRFailRanner So, for clarification, have a gap between the modeled hills and the backdrop with trees on the backdrop?
Exactly! This gives you a 3D ridgeline in front of your backdrop. The gap doesn't need to be very deep, no more than an inch or so.
Thank you! I do remember seeing something like this for a city blend, but i have always wondered what to do on a mountain in th country. Thank you again!
OERRFailRannerSo, for clarification, have a gap between the modeled hills and the backdrop with trees on the backdrop?
Hornblower
Hi,
My "go to" method was to put in stands of trees or shrubs where the horizontal layout meets the vertical backdrop. This was always a countryside situation vs. a town or city.
If I were to by trying to blend an area of structures against the backdrop, I think using some of the many "flats" would work. If the distance was far enough, perhaps flats in a smaller scale would look good as well.
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Living in southeast Texas, formerly modeling the "postwar" Santa Fe and Illinois Central
Hi there.
My layout is 11ft x 8ft (give an inch or two).
Here is a picture of my country section. Beyond the fence behind the train is backscene. It is a painted hills scene, then pictures of trees and bushes collected from old magazines etc. made into a collage.
IMG_1969 by David Harrison, on Flickr
David
hornblower Assuming you plan to have hills on the backdrop, a very relistic looking transition is to place 3D hills in front of the backdrop with steep drop-offs on the backdrop sides of these hills. The resulting gap between the tops of the 3D hills and taller 2D hills painted on the backdrop give a pretty good illusion of greater depth. Trees and shrubs planted on the steep drop-off side of the 3D hills further enhance this illusion.
Assuming you plan to have hills on the backdrop, a very relistic looking transition is to place 3D hills in front of the backdrop with steep drop-offs on the backdrop sides of these hills. The resulting gap between the tops of the 3D hills and taller 2D hills painted on the backdrop give a pretty good illusion of greater depth. Trees and shrubs planted on the steep drop-off side of the 3D hills further enhance this illusion.
So, for clarification, have a gap between the modeled hills and the backdrop with trees on the backdrop?
My layout is uses the rolling hills of Virginia. I depict them with extra foam sheets that I carve out with a drywall saw. Another idea is using similar with broken ceiling tile stacked together. Hope that helps.
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I am a big fan of cutting trees into half profile, and gluing them to the backdrop.
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
That whole scene is less than one inch in depth. Any kind of built-up ground cover can work.
Hello,
As some people know, I am attempting to crate and build an N scale table layout in the Idaho mountains. as I am building tall mountains, I have come up with the question of: How do I blend the backdrop with a layout so small? if I find enough space in our in-progress barndominium, I may be running with a 110" x 80" layout instead of my currently planned 80"x30".
Thanks!