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.
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