Reversed force prespective - has anyone tried...

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WIth all the discussion on the midwest, maybe some of you have tried this idea. I collect 1/64 farm models and am planning a ho railroad as a separate hobby. I want a lot of farm space and can buy a fleet of 1/64 ertl farm machinery for the cost of one kibri combine. Has anyone tried using 1/64 vehicles (either as a farm or trucking facility, etc.) close to the front of a layout and kept the trains to the back of a layout with a 1 1/2 to 2 foot separation between them to force the perspective. Did this idea work for you or is does it look too fake? Thanks.

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Griff,

Yes. I’ve done it before with vehicles and it most definitely works. I’m in process of new layout and may try it w/structures as well. Besides myself, you’re first person I’ve every heard of who’s tried (trying?) this.

Mine, btw, is O scale (1:48 and the vehicles I’m using as well as some pedestrians), are approx 1:30-35?).

Dave Vergun

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IF you want perspective:

GO N scale.

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Don,

He’s referring to “reverse” perspective, with larger in forefront, tho the term “reverse” isn’t really relevant here, since it’s all a matter of perspective

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come to think of it, Don is absolutely right. To pull this off, you’ll also need to put N scale (or something in between HO and N) in the background.

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Model Railroader featured a model railroad where this was done a few years ago.
I think it was an O scale switching layout and has a 1/24 scale auto on a street at the front of the layout.

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Curious, what is the reason behind these comments.

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I’ve thought about doing vertical forced perspective. In order to get a planned bridge to look right proportionally and still be a manageable length (like three-four feet long), it could only be about 12-15" from the deck to the river bank and river below. There are a lot of houses and stuff underneath the bridge that would look too huge if full size HO houses were down there, but N scale ones would be small enough to not rival the bridge’s height. I’m just not sure if it would look good or really awkward to do everything in the river valley in a smaller scale.