Long-time Model Railroader magazine contributor Tony Koester offers techniques for incorporating Layout Design Elements into a larger layout, a sectional or modular approach to model railroading that he invented. Various LDEs based on actual railroad scenes - towns, yards, terminals, industries, and more - are offered as track plains suitable for N to large scale layouts. • Applies the “kit building” concept to track planning • Features new material compatible with Koester's previous books, Realistic Model Railroad Operations and Realistic Model Railroad Design

Realistic Model Railroad Building Blocks: An Introduction To Layout Design Elements

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Koester, Tony

Crafts & Hobbies

Kalmbach Pub. Co

Using photos, illustrations, and a straightforward style, notable Model Railroader magazine author Tony Koester shows you how to make creative, plausible choices for the concept and construction of your next model railroad. Covers key topics like developing an entire model railroad theme, choosing a scale, integrating signature design elements into your track plan, and much more.

Realistic Model Railroad Design: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Creating a Unique Operating Layout

Fourth in the Realistic Model Railroading series by the same author, this volume shows modelers how to turn to the real thing natural land forms, crops, forests, water features, and even the seasons, to get better results on their model railroad layouts. What are the critical and model-able differences between the Rockies and the Appalachian Mountains, for example, and what resources can help modelers achieve a natural-looking scene from each area? These big ideas are supported by modeling projects as examples of incorporating realistic natural effects including rock strata, water forms, field crops, and space-saving industries.

Planning Scenery for Your Model Railroad: How to Use Nature for Modeling Realism

Master modeler Tony Koester gives you a handy reference for modeling a coal-hauling prototype-based or freelance railroad. Chapters introduce coal and the coal industry. Includes information on modeling coal trains, company towns, and coal customers, plus operating tips.

Model Railroader's Guide to Coal Railroading

Kalmbach Publishing Company

Acquire more space and longer towns and runs with multiple decks. Tony Koester walks you through design, options, lighting and wiring considerations, the where and when sequence, as well as the all-important construction techniques.

Designing & Building Multi-Deck Model Railroads: How to Get More Out of Your Space

Tony Koester s well-known HO scale Allegheny Midland layout is analyzed in detail in this fascinating new book. Built over the course of 25 years, the layout has been the subject of many Model Railroader magazine articles over the years. Here, Koester looks at lessons learned during the construction and operation of the Allegheny Midland. Using the author s original photography, he highlights many how-to lessons from its construction, along with the wisdom and perspective that comes from reviewing what worked and what didn t on one of the largest and most notable layouts in the country.

The Allegheny Midland: Lessons Learned (Model Railroader Books)

This is the Model Railroader's "Model Railroading from Prototype to Layout" book by Kalmbach. Author: Tony Koester FEATURES: How to use full-size railroad for information and inspiration Colored pictures This book covers topics such as: - What is "prototype modeling" - Choosing a prototype to model - Structures and scenes that look the part - Prototypical approach to layout design - Coping with space constraints INCLUDES: One Model Railroader's "Model Railroading from Prototype to Layout" book SPECS: Copyright: 2010 Pages: 94 
Kalmbach
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Model Railroading from Prototype to Layout: How to Use Full-Size Railroads for Information and Inspiration

With its dramatic scenery and challenging operations, mountain railroading is an appealing theme that crosses many regions and all eras. Respected author Tony Koester offers insight into layout and track planning, and compares narrow gauge with standard gauge railroads. Essential advice on achieving realistic mountain operation is included, along with tips for working relevant scenery into the layout.

The Model Railroader's Guide to Mountain Railroading (Model Railroader Books)

Learning to kitbash commercial structures is an essential skill for modelers. This title covers basic techniques for working with kits, how to use kits in unexpected ways, and step-by-step projects that will help enthusiasts take their layouts to new levels. Structures covered include railroad buildings, lineside industries, coal tipples, storefronts, and more. Helpful for beginner and intermediate modelers. Features a tutorial on making photo backdrops. Includes an inspirational gallery of kitbashed structures.

How to Kitbash Structures (Modeling & Painting)

Respected expert Tony Koester teaches modelers how real railroads operate trains and how to apply those methods to their own model railroads in this extensively updated edition. Learning about timetable-and-train-order operation, as well as how cars are switched, how yards function, how signals work, and more, provides an added dimension of realism and fun for modelers, keeping the hobby fresh and exciting.

Realistic Model Railroad Operation (Layout Design and Planning)

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