Building a layout - the order of things?

[mbinsewi]

Thanks guys, much appriciated.

Mike

EDIT:  Wow ended up at the top of the page, is this like the dinner?  If so, I'll buy a drink ! 

[HObbyguy]

Since discussion has morphed into blending into backdrops...

The track at the rear of the new section will be hidden under a mountain ridge.  There will be four lines back there with the one closest to the backdrop a couple of inches below the double-track next to it.  The benchwork is built with a large open area in the grid for maintenance access to those tracks.  I am thinking of two ways to manage this.

1. The conventional "build the mountain to the backdrop and access from underneath" method.  A big issue with this is construction difficulty.  The mountain would have to be built as a module and then dropped in place.
2. Leave the rear few feet open and build the mountain ridge in front of the open area, dropping off a bit at the rear so that the edge is not visible.

It seems to me that the second option is best, and having the backdrop a few feet behind the visible mountain top might even add to the distance/perspective effect.  What do you guys think?  This option would certainly be easier to build since I could use the rear access to reach to the front to build the mountain and scenic it.