Build Big & Small Industries for Your Model Railroad


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Build Big and Small Industries for Your Model Railroad provides hands-on modeling tips and techniques, step-by-step photos, and how-to advice for adding a variety of industries to a layout. This book features 17 projects in all dating back to the steam era to present day - ranging from simple to complex and large to small. Beginners will learn how to build a kit and integrate it to a scene, while more experienced modelers will learn how to kitbash and scratchbuild a structure and add it to a complete industry. Written by top experts in the field, including Pelle Soeborg, Gerry Leone, and Tony Koester, this wide-ranging book features the following industries: Cement plant. Cold storage warehouse. Local oil dealer. Asphalt transfer terminal. Brewery complex. Propane bulk dealer. Old-time factory. And more! Build Big and Small Industries for Your Model Railroad is the ideal book for all modelers who are looking for ways to add industries to their layouts!




The Model Railroader's Guide to Industries Along the Tracks 2


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Jeff Wilson demonstrates how to model several rail-served industries with insights, photos, and guidelines. Includes an overview on coal customers, milk, paper, breweries, merchandise traffic, and iron ore.




Model Railroading in Small Spaces


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"Living in a small space doesn't have to prevent you from building a model railroad. The second edition of Model Railroading in Small Spaces takes you step-by-step through the process of building several small layouts. You'll see layouts and modules that can be stored vertically thanks to folding legs and rolling carts. You'll also see several examples of how small layouts can be built as part of an end table, coffee table, or other piece of furniture"--Page 4 of cover.




HO Lineside Industries You Can Build


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Shows how to build and detail the industries served by both the steam and diesel eras of railroads, including factories, warehouses, scrapyards, oil depots, lumberyards, and many other industrial facilities. From Model Railroader magazine.




Basic Model Railroad Track Plans


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From Model Railroader magazine, these simple layout designs are ideal for beginners. Features full-color plans and construction techniques for HO and N scale starter layouts.




Track Planning for Realistic Operation


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Covers freight and passenger operations, route design, and contemporary railroading operations. The step-by-step design techniques and operation-oriented track plans also make it easy to create your own realistic model railroad.




The HO Railroad that Grows


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Structure Projects for Your Model Railroad


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Ranging from basic detailing to complex scratchbuilding, Structure Projects for Your Model Railroad includes step-by-step construction tips, detailed drawings, and photos for 19 popular projects from Model Railroader. You'll discover many techniques and materials that you can apply to your own structure projects and help define your layout's look, era, and location.




Space-saving Industries for Your Layout


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Ideas on how to creatively add small- to medium-sized industries and traffic to their layouts whether it's tucking a business into a corner of a small layout or arranging building fronts along a backdrop. Prototype photos, modeling tips, instructions, and inspiration on industries such as petroleum dealers, salvage and lumber yards, freight houses, and more. More than a dozen examples to get them started, making this book a great resource for anyone in the process of planning or building a layout.




How to Build Model Railroad Benchwork


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Instructions for benchwork, the framework for model trains, covering tools and materials, framework for permananet layouts, joists, risers and cleats, roadbed construction, backdrops, fascia boards, scenic support and benchwork for special situations.