Planning, Designing And Making Railway Layouts In A Small Space

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
Publisher Place: Ramsbury
Publisher Year: 2013
Edition: First Edition

Description: 143 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: If you want to build a model railway but feel constricted and frustrated because you only have a very limited amount of space available, then this is the book for you. The author demonstrates that a railway modeller need never be 'stuck for space', and shows the reader how to design and construct a rewarding layout in even the smallest of spaces. He emphasizes that once you have found a home for your layout, be it in a garden shed, a spare room, a bookcase or even the top of an ironing board, the same guiding principles apply. These are all fully explained in a very practical way and include the basic layout shapes, the importance of scale, standard and narrow gauges, fiddle yards, train length, curves and turnouts as well as track design elements such as head shunts, kickback sidings and run-round loops. There are individual chapters on: potential spaces; design principles; basic layout shapes; the art of compromise; levels, layers and shelves; planning your layout; baseboards; classic designs and micro-layouts.

ISBN: 9781847974242