Backscene Dilemma

[SOOTYBRUM]

I have a 6 foot by 4 foot baseboard on legs. I want to create a N gauge mountains and hills (Scottish highlands) backscene over the 6 foot bit and the 2 x 4 foot ends which totals 14 feet. I have put on the 10 foot ( 2 sections of 5 feet) backscene which I purchased from Model Scenic Supplies (Llanberis) and managed to round off the hardboard corners so it looks more realistic. But there is still a 3 foot part of one side which has no backscene. Any suggestions? I think with hindsight I should have started the backscene poss halfway along one side rather than at the end. But rather than start all over again, any suggestions. Many thks for reading this.

[Hound Dog]

It would be easier to provide suggestions if you could perhaps show a picture or two, but off the top of my head and with reference to the Scottish highlands, I would have thought that a forested section may be appropriate, eg a line or two of fir trees ( for example ) planted with the backscene surface behind simply painted dark green..... if you extend the trees to slightly overlap the join to your existing backscene, and you will have introduced cover and depth....... I am no expert but just the way I would possibly approach this dilemma.

Hope this helps - cheers Richard

[RogerB]

Yup, been there, done that, so built a “sort of” rock face out of Plaster of Paris bandage and some bits I had laying around. You could as HD says make that more Highland like with fir trees etc.

You may just be able to see where the printed back-scene ends and my hand painted sky takes over. R-

[cheshire lines]

Maybe purchase a second backscene and use something like a tall fir tree or a low relief building to disguise the join between the two?

[IanAlan]

The previous suggestions seem to have a lot of potential. If you buy another backscene, bear in mind that you can cut it so that the edge that goes over your current backscene is not an unnatural straight vertical line. By cutting (following ) the cloudy sky shapes in the backscene, the join will be less obvious.

And as the others have mentioned, a few strategically placed for trees will disguise the join further.

[IanAlan]

Oops, the automatic spell-incorrectly changed my post. That should have been fir trees. Another thought. I've never been to the Scottish Highlands but I've walked in the Polish Highlands a lot (my wife is Polish) and they like to build little churches in the most unlikely places. Presumably, you have a railway line, so a church with spire wouldn't be such an unusual way to cover any join.