FasTrack is the leading track choice for Lionel train operators, and its track plans are in high demand. Featuring 25 mostly small and mid-sized plans designed specifically for FasTrack, this collection is gathered from the pages of Classic Toy Trains magazine and also includes several new plans, a brief overview of FasTrack, and track-planning tips.
Based on the popular Trains magazine online photography feature Trackside with Trains, this calendar showcases the best images of the magazine's photographers. It presents a variety of trains in action in breathtaking scenes across the country. It includes National holidays and occasions, and offers space for adding appointments and reminders.
A calendar, in which each month highlights one of the many layouts that have been featured in Great Model Railroads. It looks at the layouts that have filled the pages of this Model Railroader special annual publication since 1991. It encompasses a variety of scales, eras, and trains.
Inspired by the craftsmanship and attention to detail of early costume jewelry, Heather DeSimone demonstrates how to create fun, one-of-a-kind pieces by teaching techniques for layering readily available components in Create Three Dimensional Jewelry. Jewelry makers will learn how to layer premade components, make beaded clusters, create beaded loops, weave seed beads, embellish filigree components, rivet stamped metal pieces, and more as they...
This completely revised edition of Model Railroading in Small Spaces provides a variety of creative approaches for building layouts in a limited space. It covers how to build seven different layouts encompassing portable, shelf, coffee table, fold-up styles, and more. Three of the layouts are new, plus the book includes a new chapter on advanced concepts. N and HO scale railroads are modeled, as is one O scale shelf layout.
This is an ideal book for model railroaders who are just getting started with Digital Command Control (DCC). A how-to guide that covers the basics, the book features an overview of DCC, tackles track wiring, describes cab bus wiring, explains how to convert an existing layout to DCC, and includes other fundamentals. The book is written by Mike Polsgrove, Model Railroader's columnist on DCC.
For outdoor model railroaders, much of the allure of a garden railway is in its living landscape. This comprehensive book covers designing and planning a railway garden, selecting plants, and mastering the special needs of miniature plants - hardiness zones, watering, fertilization, pruning, and controlling pests. Handy tables list plants appropriate for ground cover, trees, bushes, grasses, and aquatic scenes that make planning more fun and p...
This comprehensive guide to working with wire features the work of four artists, providing a great range of projects and ideas. This book begins with general wire basics, with technique-specific basics introducing each chapter. Unlike other wire books on the market, this book includes fresh, new looks in chapters on woven wire, textured wire, corrugated wire, heavy wire, and chain & wire. This book also introduces strip wire, creating innovati...
Following the success of "Classic Chain Mail Jewelry" from Kalmbach comes "Creative Chain Mail Jewelry, " featuring over 25 chain mail projects from Bead&Button, and Art Jewelry magazines. These projects employ a broad assortment of jump rings, traditional techniques and other materials to achieve modern looks. Easy projects focus on opening and closing jump rings, stringing and crimping, while a more advanced project requires soldering. The b...
Includes more than 80 projects made from crystals, gemstones, pearls, glass, metal, and mixed media. In this title, variations of many projects allow readers to develop their own design style. It also includes an illustrated Beader's Glossary and Basics section, paired with simple stringing and wirework techniques.
Model Railroader Managing Editor David Popp details the expansion of his N scale Naugatuck Valley Railroad in Building a Model Railroad Step by Step, 2nd edition. Providing an inside look at building a model railroad from start to finish, new chapters highlight the addition of a sizable industrial switching area and delve deeper into operations.
The all-new material in Introduction to Model Railroading offers beginning modelers a wealth of information. It begins with choosing a place, era and scale to model. Veteran modeler Jeff Wilson also breaks down the basics of planning a layout and building supporting benchwork. The easy-to-follow instructions and abundance of photographs make this the perfect introduction to scale model railroading.
Beginning scale modelers need a basic set of skills that they can build on as they continue through the hobby. Essential Skills for Scale Modelers, written by FineScale Modeler's Aaron Skinner, lays the foundation needed to build, paint, weather, and display all types of models. This technique-driven how-to book contains a variety of projects that allow modelers to put their new found skills to use.
Based on the popular "Collectible Classics" column from "Classic Toy Trains" magazine, "101 Classic Toy Trains" surveys the most collectible toy train accessories, locomotives, and rolling stock. This book is very helpful to those who have found an old train collection and are looking for the value of it, as well as for those who just want a better idea of what they should buy next for their layout.
The title may say "basics, " but this book covers a full range of skills and materials. Beginners building a small table or shelf layout up to experienced modelers assembling the benchwork for a basement empire will find what they need in this comprehensive guide. New color photos and illustrations highlight liftout sections and swinging access gates.
Follow Pelle Soeborg as he completely rebuilds his Daneville model railroad. He takes all the lessons learned from his first layout and applies them to this project. Using the latest materials and technology, modelers will learn valuable new techniques for benchwork, scenery, structures, and more from this popular expert.
101 Track Plans has been a classic for model railroaders since its publication five decades ago. Now, a new book follows up where the original leaves off. 101 More Track Plans for Model Railroaders evokes the look and feel of its predecessor, with a simple premise: a multitude of track plans to inspire modelers. Featuring plans from Model Railroader magazine from the '60s, '70s, and early '80s, each track plan has a newly written, informationa...
