Faux East River Tunnels

How would you see it? 

I think the idea would be the 'tunnel' would be perpendicular to the fascia, it would appear like the trains in the tubes were either going away or coming from us (in what he is trying to represent, the fascia=shoreline), would be like we took a cross section of an east river subway tube at the waterline. 

Bobby...You have a great idea.  May I add one more suggestion....put a mirror at the end of each "tunnel" which would effectively make the tunnel look like it is much longer.  You could have a local glass company cut to fit...

 

Alan

Bigkid, you hit the nail on the head.

 

Alan, good idea. I will add the mirrors to my concept.

 

 

Great display idea.

 

I don't want to be a bring down, but I think mirrors at the ends of the tunnels may not give the effect desired. Since the mirrors will be parallel to the viewer they won't show a continuing of the tunnel but rather reflect the face of the viewer...And bring more light into the end of the tunnel instead of implying a dark tunnel heading of into the distance. I'd experiment before committing to that idea.

 

And FYI: There are a lot of examples of the psotcard you describe on eBay. Here is a group of three...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281157...id=p3984.m1423.l2649

 

Sounds like a fun project. Good luck.

 

Bert

Sounds like a neat idea!!! How about force perspective in place of a mirror??? Make a cone shaped cap for the far end of the 'tunnel' going gradually dark and black......that would work better than a mirror in my thoughts.

Yes, a really awesome idea.  A couple of thoughts.  First, cut the ends of the pipes at an angle and glue on another short piece so it looks like the tracks curve out of sight.   Then position the cars at different distances so they are not all at the same place.  And finally, get a subway sound chip to play in the background.

 

And of course, post photos if you go ahead with the idea.

To deal with the reflection of the viewer why mot use a combination of mirror glass in the back and one way mirror glass in the front turned mirror side back. When you looked in you would see endless repetition. I've used this trick for displays in the past and it works well you do have to over light it because the one way cuts the light alot.