Hornby's new 'Step-By-Step Guide to Railway Modelling' CD-Rom is the perfect resource to establish, evolve and complement your hobby skills - whether you are starting out, an enthusiast or an experienced modeller. The CD-Rom includes chapters on 'Where Do I Start?', 'Baseboards and Track', 'Buildings and Scenics', 'Wiring the Layout' and 'Taking Stock'. This innovative CD-Rom, produced by modelling experts, adopts a simple step-by-step approach, providing advice, explaining methods and demonstrating techniques by walking you logically through key tasks and activities.

PC Specification Minimum Pentium 2 600MHz, 64Mb RAM (128Mb with Windows XP) 20Mb disk space, 16Mb graphics card, SoundBlaster 128 compatible sound card, 16x CD-Rom drive, Windows 98 or later.
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Information on road vehicles can be difficult to obtain, in this book Ian Morton describes the ranges which are available in scales suited to model railway use, before moving on to more advanced projects. The detailing of road scense is covered, including road signage and registration areas. Next the modification and detailing of vehicles is covered, making unique models from readily available stock, before the powered and guided roadway systems are described, making model vehicles move!

80 pages, softback.

A very useful guide to DCC Digital Command Control systems, their use and implementation. This book is an ideal reference companion with simple 'how to' guides for layout wiring, locomotive decoders and jargon buster guide. Many of the reference tables provided are ideal for quickly establishing the number you need to use to make CV adjustments etc.

80 pages, softback.

A straightforward guide to the construction of baseboards?? for model railways of several different designs and styles. Including??flat top boards suitable for fixed home layouts to portable units for exhibitions Ian Morton also covers the construction of grades, multi-level baseboards and sections incorporating lowered structures to accomodate landscape features, rivers??and viaducts. A range of supporting structure framing arrangements are also described, along with the tools and accessories which can be used to make layout constrcution easier.

80 pages, softback.

An excellent source of ideas and protoypical layout plans from an experienced designer and builder of small layouts. Illustrated with prototype and model layout photographs these light railways offer a wealth of interesting scenes and industries. The operation of short trains and small locomotives allows layout designs which can be accomodated in modern houses. Mainlines are not neglected as many plans include junction stations.
72 pages, card covers

Narrow gauge modelling has become popular in the last few decades, offering a wide range of prototypes, all with their unique character and ways of going about things. Many of Britains narrow gauge railways served the community, not the timetable!

In this book Peter Kazer presents a breif guide to the Britiah narrow gauge, from the passenger and slate railways of Wales to the quarry lines of industry. As with many other similar books a??range of topics are covered??which are applicable to any scale and gauge, but Peter focuses on narrow gauge for the rolling stock and locomotives. This itself gives rise to a specilisation in buildings, bridges and infrastructure. The very details which give the narrow gauge a unique appeal.

An introduction to modelling and layout building in 7mm scale O gauge. This is a useful book illustrated with completed and atmospheric layout scenes, full of ideas and??photographs??which are of use to modellers in any scale or gauge.

Targetted at those looking to start out in O gauge, a scale which is increasinly accessible following the inroduction of a range of ready to run models, Gordon covers all of the topics which would be expected from an introduction, from the planning to the construction of your first layout and rolling stock.

94 pages soft cover.

You could almost delete the 7mm part from the title of Gordon Gravetts' second volume, the inspiration, ideas, information and methods can be applied irrespective of your scale and gauge!

A definite emphasis is placed on small size for most of these O gauge model railway ideas. Interesting detail and operation is??promoted above the classic mainline railway to create realism and practical operation of large scale trains in the family home.

Highly recommended for modellers seeking to recreate a small but realistic part of the railway network, whatever your modelling scale.??

122 pages soft cover.

A useful introduction to DCC decoder installation, complete with an illustrated??guide, showing how decoders can??be fitted to??British OO models. Popular models from??Lima, Hornby??and Bachmann are used to illustrate the fitting of decoders to differing chassises and motor designs - from open frame motors to??split chassis systems. Fit decoders to older models with confidence.

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John Parkinson is a self-confessed scenery nut. While for many people the tracks and trains are the most important element of a model railway layout John revels in creating the scenic environment, which is complemented by the trains running through it. With all his layouts his aim is to make a scene that gels, that looks like a composite whole and is full of atmosphere.

In his entertaining narrative he describes how he has developed his modelling skills and shares the techniques he has used for almost 30 years for his many popular, compact, small scale exhibition layouts. Covering baseboard construction and creating the scenic 'hard shell', hints on representing natural terrain, foliage, water, buildings, bridges, tunnels and the like to detailing and finishing touches - all illustarted by more than 185 colour photographs - this book is sure to inspire and instruct in equal measure.

A5 128pp paperback

Paul Bason provides a practical guide to the construction of lineside buildings from many eras using popular ranges of??kits. This includes card kits from Metcalfe and Superquick, plastic kits by Dapol, Ratio and Wills. Paul then moves on to the use of whitemetal and etched brass.

Simple techniques allow you to modify and finish readily available kits to a high standard.

A practical guide to making compact layouts, Peter Marriott aims to give confidence to those new to the model railway hobby and wish to construct their first layout. The book has been written and illustrated to be as practical as possible, using project layouts to demonstrate???  how to go about building a layout.

78 'Freqently Asked Questions' are addressed by accomplished modellers including Ian Futers, Peter Marriott, Chris Nevard and Pelle Soeborg. Between them they bring a vast experience of modelling in all the popular scales and prototypes from different parts of Britain, Europe and the USA in both standard and narrow gauges. The authors' layouts have ranged for highly portable dioramas and 'micro layouts' brought to life with attention to detail to large and impressive recreations of real stations which can only be displayed to advantage in exhibition halls.

While some of the questions cover availaibility and suitability of materials or models enquiries about techniques and features are answered???in 'how to' format with illustrations of the methods being described.

Illustrations for this book have principally been taken from smaller sized layouts which could easily be accomodated in the family home and some of which are considerably smaller than might be thought!

Peco shows-you-how-to series of booklets covers a range of basic railway modelling topics.

This booklet covers the planning and design of a model railway layout. The highly experienced layout builders responsible for the Pecorama displays guide you through the essemtial considerations and around the pitfalls to ensure your layout project is both manageable and successful.