I've been without a permanent layout for about 15 years. My last layout was an 8'x8'. I had always planned for a bigger layout and have continued piling up trains, die cast vehicles and structures of all sorts for when I build my next layout. We're planning on moving south, where it's warmer and basements are few and far between so I'm figuring my layout will be in a spare bedroom about 10'x12' in size. Over time I picked up several of the American Highway Legends series of 1/64 scale trucks. I knew they were too small even though many of the Lionel vehicles and trailers were approximately the same scale, but they were pretty cool and I figured they would work for forced perspective. I've also got some Matchbox Collectibles that were listed as 1/50 scale but they're actually closer to 1/64. Given the limited size of the room I'll probably have, would using these vehicles in combination with ceramic structures, that are not to scale, for forced perspective work on a smaller layout or is the distance between viewer and the smaller scale items not enough to complete the illusion?
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