Why do some motifs work well on model railways and others not? Aspects such as apparent size, perspective and depth effect are considered.

In a table, a current market overview (09/2023) is compiled with the most important features. The result of the considerations, my new model railway backgrounds and how they were created, are also shown.

00:27 Preliminary remark
01:05 Apparent size
03:53 Perspective
05:16 Depth effect
06:39 Market overview
08:48 Self-created motifs
10:18 Individual implementation "Atelier Dietrich"
12:17 Individual implementation of “JoWi”

The market overview as well as the explanations of the apparent size, perspective and depth effect are compiled here: https://www.ocpfe.de/background.html

Link list of providers of sky motifs (as of September 5th, 2023)
Vollmer https://viessmann-modell.com/search?s... backdrop
Gaugemaster https://www.gaugemasterretail.com/gau...
ID Backscenes http://www.idbackscenes.com/index.php...
Peco https://peco-uk.com/de/products/large...
Model railwaying https://modellbahning.de/hochwerte-mo...
JoWi http://modellbahn-background.com/Jowi...
Atelier Dietrich https://www.atelier-dietrich.at/model...
Auhagen https://www.auhagen-shop.de/self-buil...
Faller https://www.faller.de/anlagenbau/mode...

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