Kalmbach 12821 Three Model Railroad Project Layouts

Description

Kalmbach 12821 Three Model Railroad Project Layouts

This book brings together three of Model Railroader’s popular annual project layouts in one volume: The Beer Line, Red Oak and Bay Junction.

Covered subjects include:

• Projects: N Scale Red Oak, the Beer Line, and Bay Junction.
• Prototype and historical information.
• Construction techniques: Benchwork, wiring, scenery, structures, and more.
• A variety of layout types using different construction methods to build model railroads in popular scales, N and HO.

Content:

• Author: From Model Railroader Magazine
• Size: 8.25 x 10.75
• Pages: 112
• Color photos: 200

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Section One, Red Oak

• Introduction
• Benchwork, terrain, and track
• Terrain and scenery
• Scenery, structures, and rolling stock

Section Two, The Beer Line

• Introduction
• Benchwork
• Roadbed, track, wiring and DCC
• Ballast, streets, rivers and bridges
• Signature structures for the Beer Line
• Scratchbuild a lumberyard
• How to model a big industry
• Making a multimedia highway overpass
• Build a cement plant

Section Three, Bay Junction

• Introduction
• Model a grain elevator and fertilizer plant
• Kitbash industries against a backdrop
• A commuter station and downtown scene
• Final details and operations