> I'm looking for some opinions on forced perspective.
> Specifically, how deep does a scene need to be to make HO structures
> look plausible behind S structures?
> Chris
Hi Chris...Here are some suggestions, but they do not directly
address your question regarding HO structures. My experience has
been that if you place non-S figures/vehicles/stuff far away from
accurate S scale things, you can get away with most anything. I have
placed HO figures in the foreground (near the viewer) and they make
the trees, rocks, lakes, etc. appear larger than otherwise. But they
are at least 12" from the S scale track and trains which run through
the middle of the scene. More HO stuff behind the track (at least
10" away) and even some N scale figures way up on the mountain (about
24" away from the S scale stuff) look right at home and are very
believable. The secret, in my case, is to place only nature-made
objects between the S scale stuff and the non-S scale stuff. Thus,
trees, rocks, rivers, stumps, some animals, bushes, cliffs, etc.
separate the S track/trains from the nearby non-S things. I believe
it best not to have non-S and S things close to each other in order
to avoid spoiling the illusion. I do not have any HO structures on
my layout, but I suppose the same general concepts would apply. Have
fun...Ed L.
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