https://blog.model-train-help.com/2015/03/how-to-make-your-layout-appear-bigger-than-it-is-2.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-make-your-layout-appear-bigger-than-it-is-2 Model railroads and model trains Wed, 18 Mar 2015 03:29:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.model-train-help.com/2015/03/how-to-make-your-layout-appear-bigger-than-it-is-2.html#comment-8778 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 03:29:38 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=3510#comment-8778 Mirrors add depth to a layout. It can also look like a duplicate layout next to the one you are running. I have seen mirrors at the end of roads and making it look like the road extends farther back into your back drop. The Mattoon Train station on the lower track the track id not a running track but crosses the operational track and under the bridge there is a mirror that makes that short track looks much longer but in reality it is just a short distance across the section of the module. The video is one of my earlier videos so you may have to go back a ways, or just type in Mike Havens NYC HO Layout and that might get it there in the search. Mirrors work good when done right. from Newman

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2015/03/how-to-make-your-layout-appear-bigger-than-it-is-2.html#comment-8777 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 03:19:36 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=3510#comment-8777 Years ago I worked running the Indianapolis Children’s Museum Layout, The layout was Lionel and along the back they had an HO train running up on the ridge of the mountain, Nothing fancy just a dog bone track and it could be seen going both ways. They didn’t allow much access to maintain the trains and track so it was hard to keep it running. It did look like it was in the distance and up on the ridge it was like watching the trains high above the road such as the Alaska railroad near Denalli National Park in Alaska. Also from the highways in Utah along I 80 The trains above the highway looked a lot smaller So yes It can look like there is distance from the rest of the layout. But if there is not much room on your layout and the small train is almost on top of your larger trains then it might look more like you have a zoo size train along with your larger train. So yes Give it a shot it can work. It did at the Children’s Museum. from Newman

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2015/03/how-to-make-your-layout-appear-bigger-than-it-is-2.html#comment-8747 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 02:37:45 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=3510#comment-8747 The suggestion by Jim that you use some “N” scale products to create the illusion of distance is a very practical one. This works for both trains and structures as well as making some shrubbery & trees smaller as you move away from the tracks. Some modelers have also tried mirror squares to make a track seem to disappear into the backround or scenery.

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2015/03/how-to-make-your-layout-appear-bigger-than-it-is-2.html#comment-8719 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 08:44:10 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=3510#comment-8719 Also if your rinning HO use a n scale train in the distance that will give depth or go 1 size smaller than what you model if you have the space.

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