What is a model railway backscene? Find the answer here in the Internet’s biggest model railway glossary.
- A model railway backscene is a painting or photograph of a town scene or landscape and placed at the rear of a layout to create the impression of depth.
Ben Alder’s Far North Line model railway with a black scene creating the impression of depth.
Typically they are 9 or 12 inches high, fixed to a board and run the length of the layout.
Backscenes are either hand painted or are available ready-printed, with either painted or photographed images.
See back scene master class for tips on how to make and fit them.
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