In either A.D. 1977 or 1978, I found out by happenstance that a cool way of making my Star Wars tie fighter and x-wing appear realistic in play, was to hold them up in the air on my 6th-floor terrace with the apartment buildings accross the street and next to mine in the background.
Because this reminded my of the x-wing flying into the gigantinormous Death Star.
This evening, whiles playing with my Corgi, Forces of Valour and Dragon WW2 fighter planes, I noticed this same type of effect. I.e., the tiny planes juxtaposed w/ my wall unit, artificial ficas tree, and me strafing them along my lengthy thirtysomething-foot-long living room was like a myriad of simulations too numerous to list.