How to design a model railroad

Lance Mindheim

Book - 2021

"This new hands-on book will show how to use tools and elements such as track, turnouts, crossings and scenic elements to paint the "canvas". The reader will learn how to blend the track plan itself with structures and scenery in a realistic manner along with a basic understanding of how real railroads work to help them narrow the layout-design focus, leading to a workable plan for the space a modeler has available."--Amazon.com

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Subjects
Genres
Instructional and educational works
Published
Waukesha, Wisconsin : Kalmbach Media 2021.
Language
English
Main Author
Lance Mindheim (author)
Physical Description
143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
ISBN
9781627008310
  • Defining a "good" layout design
  • How the prototype does track planning
  • Basic design tools
  • Combining track elements
  • Benchwork footprints and route types
  • Finalizing your footprint and route
  • Putting it all together: Part 1
  • the science
  • Putting it all together: Part 2
  • the art
  • Case study: Frederick MD, 1952.