The Model Railroader's Guide to Locomotive Servicing Terminals

The Model Railroader's Guide to Locomotive Servicing Terminals
Author: Martin J. McGuirk
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2002
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780890244142

Learn about prototype engine servicing areas and their functions, and how to model them on any layout. Includes tips and techniques for modeling trackage, structures, and other terminal details appropriate for the steam or diesel era.

Scratch-Building Model Railway Locomotives

Scratch-Building Model Railway Locomotives
Author: Simon Bolton
Publisher: Crowood
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2014-07-31
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1847977693

Have you ever dreamed of being able to make a beautiful model locomotive from scratch? Do you have a favourite locomotive that you would love to reproduce in model form? Are you itching to start such a project and feel you need a helping hand? If so, this is the book for you. Using step-by-step text and illustration, this new book demonstrates how to construct a model of a pleasing J15 class, 0-6-0 steam locomotive in 00 gauge. It also explains how models of other locomotives can be built by adapting the methods covered in the book. Alternative options for chassis construction, other gauges and scales are considered as well as how to build a simple diesel locomotive.

Maintaining & Repairing Your Scale Model Trains

Maintaining & Repairing Your Scale Model Trains
Author: Jim Volhard
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1999
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780890243244

Save money and avoid repair shops! Learn fundamental repair skills through simple, step-by-step instructions, photos, and illustrations. You'll be able to maintain and repair DC-powered scale model locomotives, rolling stock, and layouts. Also includes various enhancement projects.

A Guide to Model Locomotives - A Collection of Vintage Articles on the Design and Construction of Model Trains and Railways

A Guide to Model Locomotives - A Collection of Vintage Articles on the Design and Construction of Model Trains and Railways
Author: Various
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2021-06-28
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1528764366

This book is a collection of vintage articles on the design and construction model trains and railways, with information on using electricity to power signalling systems, engines, ramps, and much more. Profusely illustrated and full of invaluable tips, this volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in model engineering, and would make for a worthy addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: “Locomotive Notes”, “The Gas-Electric”, “A Useful Centring Jig”, “Model L.N.W.R. Locomotive”, “Electricity From Light”, “Some Suggestions for Model Railway Signalling”, “Electric Signals for Single Lines”, “An Electric 'Tell-Tale' for Siding Points”, “Shutting Ramps”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on model building.

How (not) to Paint a Locomotive

How (not) to Paint a Locomotive
Author: Christopher Vine
Publisher: Christopher Vine 2008
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2006
Genre: Locomotives
ISBN: 9780955335907

With colour photographs and 30 diagrams, this book takes the beginner through the necessary stages and processes in painting a model engineering subject. It includes: selection and making of equipment, paint, preparation, spray and hand painting, fixing blemishes, lining, transfers, tips on how to look after the paintwork, and a list of suppliers.