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Whether you're just starting out in model railroading or have been at it for a long time and considering working in a different scale, Your Guide to N Scale Railroading has something for you.

This all-new book from David Popp offers hours of model railroading ideas, projects, and enjoyment.

Description

N scale is the perfect entry point in the hobby for anyone just starting out. Its compact size, high level of detail, and performance allow new hobbyists a chance to learn model railroading without big commitments in cost or space.

For seasoned modelers, N scale is an excellent answer for those looking to try something new or for those who find they need to downsize to a smaller operation.

Whatever your reason, you'll find great projects and tips in each chapter to teach you how to:

• Expand a layout from a starting oval to a railroad empire

• Body mount couplers on N scale rolling stock

• Install a DCC system

• Build N scale benchwork

• Create amazing layout scenery

• And much more!

Pages: 112

Author Bio

David Popp is a life-long model railroader who has designed and built more than 30 layouts large and small in most of the popular modeling scales. Through Trains.com Video he actively instructs others how to build better models and better layouts through video demonstrations.

Table of Contents

Forward: Why N Scale?

Chapter 1: The N Scale Advantage
Chapter 2: Locomotives and Control Systems
Chapter 3: Rolling Stock
Chapter 4: Track and Wiring
Chapter 5: Train Tables and Benchwork
Chapter 6: Portable Railroading
Chapter 7: Layout Scenery
Chapter 8: Structures and Details

In Designing & Operating Yards, Dave Abeles shows how to design and build model yards to represent prototype yards in both appearance and operation.

Description

Yards are the heart of prototype railroads, where inbound trains are broken up, cars are sorted, outbound trains are assembled, and locomotives and cars are maintained.

In Designing & Operating Yards, Dave Abeles shows how to design and build model yards to represent prototype yards in both appearance and operation.

Along with learning the history and evolution of prototype freight and passenger yards, you'll learn how to:

• Efficiently sort cars based on prototype practices

• Capture the key scenic elements of real yards

• Build yard trackwork for reliable operation

• And more!

Pages: 112

Author Bio

Dave is a civil engineer and manager at a major northeastern passenger railroad. Dave models mid-1990s Conrail on his HO scale railroad, the proto-freelanced Onondaga Cutoff. The "OC" has been featured in Model Railroader. Dave lives in western New Jersey with his wife and three children, all of whom enjoy railroading with Dad.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The fascination of railroad yards
Chapter 1: Freight yard history and development
Chapter 2: Waterfront and other terminal yards
Chapter 3: Classification yards
Chapter 4: Blocking operations
Chapter 5: Yard design: Your layout and its mission
Chapter 6: Yard design and construction
Chapter 7: Car forwarding and staging yards
Chapter 8: Modeling maintenance areas
Chapter 9: The yardmaster: setting the pace
Chapter 10: A last look at yards

Weathering is the primary factor in creating realistic models and scenes. Weathering Models will show you several techniques using acrylic and oil paints, paint washes, paint markers, stains and more.

Description

Weathering includes blending subtle and heavy effects - grime, rust, soot, dirt - and doing it in a way that matches how prototype locomotives, freight cars, and other details acquire their aged appearance.

Weathering Models from Jeff Wilson will show you several techniques for capturing these effects.

You'll learn to:

• Identify how and why rolling stock, locomotives, vehicles, and structures acquire specific types of weathering

• Create specific rust and grime effects with paint washes, drybrushing, oversprays, chalks, and stains

• Realistically weather both simulated (plastic) wood and real wood

• Blend various weathering effects to create prototypical results

• Weather and paint specific prototype components such as wheels and trucks

Pages: 112

Author Bio

Jeff Wilson has written many books on railroads and model railroading. He enjoys many facets of the hobby, especially building structures and detailing locomotives, as well as photographing both real and model railroads.

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