| Trackwork and Lineside Detail for Your Model Railroad (Model Railroader Books) |  | Author: Kent J. Johnson
Creator: Model Railroad
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 594,724
Media: Paperback
Pages: 96
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.5 x 8 x 0.2
MPN: 12235
ISBN: 0890245711
Dewey Decimal Number: 625.19
EAN: 9780890245712
ASIN: 0890245711
Publication Date: September 2000
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Product Description
This book offers you an introduction to the basics of tracklaying and lineside detailing. After the trackplan and benchwork are completed, modelers turn their attention to the finer details of trackwork and lineside activities. Find tips, techniques, and ideas for working with track and the details immediately alongside it.
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| Customer Reviews:
 A Mixed Bag August 7, 2006
John A Lee III (San Antonio, TX)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book consists of reprints of articles from Model Railroader Magazine. The articles cover a wide range of topics, all covered by the title, and some of them are very good, some are inane and most are somewhere in the middle. For a person always looking for new ideas, this is a worthwhile investment. Mostly, though, the information on track can be picked up more easily in books specifically dedicated to trackwork and the information on the details would be better in a book on that subject. Still, it has a few winners.
 Very Advanced Refrence .. Not for the Novice! March 19, 2006
T. Kamitsis (Melbourne, VIC, AU)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The only downside of this book is that it for an advanced model railroader, be aware any novice railroaders this may be a little over you head, good insparation for a begginer though.
 Excellent Detail!!! January 8, 2005
Michael Hommer Sr. (Central, NJ USA)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is definitely for the modeler who wants to take their hobby to the next level. The first half of the book covers how to lay track with tons of tricks and tips from a seasoned modeler. It walks you through all the steps from roadbed to ballast to weathering. Lots of drawings, color sketches and photos. I would never have dreamed of attempting to lay my own turnouts but this books give you so much details, I actually think I can do it with great success! The second have is just as good. Each details has photos of real prototypes, history and explanation, sketches with enough detail to scratch build all of them, even material recommendations. Truly a must have!
Excellent Book! January 7, 2002
Peter M. Brown (Gambrills, MD United States)
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
Definitely worth the money. This book has lots of the little details (and not-so-little, such as the basics of hand-laying track) that make your layout really shine.
More information than I'll probably ever use January 31, 2001
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
This book offers some excellent tips for all, from the beginner (like myself) to the intermediate-going-on-advanced modeler. Especially useful for me were the sections on laying flextrack, ballasting, weathering rails and improving performance of turnouts and switches. I'd recommend this to anyone who wants to thoroughly study the subject before they begin to tackle a detailed layout.
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