Hi Bill. If I understand your problem, you want some sort of scenic divider down the centre of your peninsula as a view block, but perhaps not necessarily a tall backdrop. In other words you want to be able to see over the top of it. It may help you to know that fellow s-scaler Terry Pond who lives in my neck of the woods built an island style layout with a central operating area. His backdrop around the outside edges was only about a foot tall so that he wouldn't isolate himself from family activities elsewhere in the basement. The height may not sound like much, but was quite effective at holding the eye down near track level. Before you go spending money on materials, why not test any concepts with cereal box or corrugated cardboard?
Cheers Jim ________________________________ From: scale S only <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 7, 2012 4:34:45 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: MTH NS Heritage Locomotives (follow-up) Re: Peninsulas -- I like having access to both sides as well without a scenic divider. The problem I have is the “edge of the world” syndrome. I will be putting up a “screen” of factory sides on one side of my two sided section of the layout, and probably some trees on the other, but has anyone got other ways of doing it short of a full backdrop? Have fun! Bill Winans Prescott Valley, AZ
