Kalmbach Publishing
KALMBACH 25 FREIGHT CAR PROJECTS Softcover (KAL12498)
Softcover, 2016, 8.5 x 11, 104 pages, 215 full color photographs, a few black and white vintage photographs that provide an example of the real thing to compare with the modeling demonstration.
To help you make your freight cars look as realistic as possible, 25 FREIGHT CAR PROJECTS offers a variety of all new projects that will fit right in with your thinking. While most of these projects focus on a specific prototype, the modeling techniques ably demonstrated in 25 FREIGHT CAR PROJECTS can be used in a variety of situations and on a variety of cars. The projects include typical HO and N scale rolling stock, such as boxcars, flatcars, gondolas, hoppers and reefers. And the projects range from weathering to 3D printing -- lots of interesting material to help you keep up with what is going on in model railroading today!
You can, using 25 FREIGHT CAR PROJECTS, improve the overall look of your freight fleet by following the detailed instructions delineated in each chapter. The step-by-step instructions are accompanied by color photographs, each suitably captioned to provide the kind of graphic demonstration you can expect in the best "how-to" books available and in the best pedagogical detail you would want. The general narrative from each expert pushes each project along to a resounding conclusion that will give you ultimate satisfaction. Each presentation includes a detailed list of all of the materials needed.
Here is what you get in 25 FREIGHT CAR PROJECTS:
-- 25 all-new and supremely interesting projects that you can plan and carry out to ultimate satisfaction.
-- 6 well-known model railroading authors providing their expertise. They know how it is done!
-- A variety of practical projects for all the usual equipment from boxcars to flatcars, from hoppers to gondolas and reefers.
To help you make your freight cars look as realistic as possible, 25 FREIGHT CAR PROJECTS offers a variety of all new projects that will fit right in with your thinking. While most of these projects focus on a specific prototype, the modeling techniques ably demonstrated in 25 FREIGHT CAR PROJECTS can be used in a variety of situations and on a variety of cars. The projects include typical HO and N scale rolling stock, such as boxcars, flatcars, gondolas, hoppers and reefers. And the projects range from weathering to 3D printing -- lots of interesting material to help you keep up with what is going on in model railroading today!
You can, using 25 FREIGHT CAR PROJECTS, improve the overall look of your freight fleet by following the detailed instructions delineated in each chapter. The step-by-step instructions are accompanied by color photographs, each suitably captioned to provide the kind of graphic demonstration you can expect in the best "how-to" books available and in the best pedagogical detail you would want. The general narrative from each expert pushes each project along to a resounding conclusion that will give you ultimate satisfaction. Each presentation includes a detailed list of all of the materials needed.
Here is what you get in 25 FREIGHT CAR PROJECTS:
-- 25 all-new and supremely interesting projects that you can plan and carry out to ultimate satisfaction.
-- 6 well-known model railroading authors providing their expertise. They know how it is done!
-- A variety of practical projects for all the usual equipment from boxcars to flatcars, from hoppers to gondolas and reefers.