This photo is of the scene from a normal operating viewing angle. Since the hole is in the back corner on the lower deck, it's hidden from sight by the upper deck. So, the hole is not an issue in this situation.
I may add a few more foreground trees to help hide it but in doing so, I will also hide my cypress swamp that is just in front of the hole. So, I might instead should add some more tall cypress trees in the swamp to help hide it.
Any other suggestions?
I also have four other holes to hide. One leads to a hidden staging yard behind the Meridian yard. It will be hidden with an industry building and roll up door. The second leads from West Point through the backdrop to cross the lift bridge. This one will be concealed by trees and an closed industry. The other two will be more difficult to hide. The are on each end of the Artesia yard and both lead to hidden staging tracks behind Artesia. I posted a photo of one in an earlier post here: http://aberdeensub.blogspot.com/2010/03/more-plaster-and-some-rail.html
Not sure how I'll conceal them.
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Model Railroader had a good article about this same problem recently....the author had some good ideas and fixes. Think it is two issues back.... I say add a little bit of lighting on the other side (dimmer though) and scenic the areas in and around the portal on both sides. This might give you just enough illusion that there is not "hole" - especially in the swamp wher eyou have ample vegetation leading up to the "hole" in the wall. Maybe you could experiment with mirror(s) too - great illusion tool. You would not see the mirror whent he train is going in or out the hole, but yet it would give you depth when no trains are there.
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