ABCs of Building Model Railroad Cars [Paperback]

Wayne Wesolowski (Author), Mary Cay Wesolowski (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1985

Award-winning model builder and well-known model railroading author Wayne Wesolowski provides both the beginner and advanced modeler with a wealth of practical design ideas, construction tips, and project ideas, paying particular attention to details. Learn to build your own models for a fraction of the cost of those commercially available. This book includes dozens of exciting ideas for kit building, kit-bashing and scratch-building model railroad cars from wood, paper, and plastic, as well as fascinating tricks and secrets to building model railroad equipment that you won't find anywhere else.

Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and diagrams.

Includes Appendix, Glossary, and Index.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Tab Books; 1st edition (December 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0830616357
• ISBN-13: 978-0830616350
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,154,108 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Book is simply amazing!, August 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: ABCs of Building Model Railroad Cars (Paperback)

Everything from how to store CA glue longterm to beautiful descriptions of building railroad cars step-by-step in all scales. Plenty of pictures and scale drawings explaining techniques. Don't know how this book ever went out of print.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the best book on the subject, December 18, 2005

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David L. Farquhar (St. Louis, Missouri (USA)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ABCs of Building Model Railroad Cars (Paperback)

Scratchbuilding is a lost art these days, but this book does a good job of explaining how it's done. The book assumes the reader knows little, and it tells enough that a first-timer can build a successful and satisfying project. Of course the photos in the book can spur a seasoned scratchbuilder to try to do better also. The book primarily deals with inexpensive materials and simple tools, making it ideal for the beginning or intermediate modeler. One of the projects involves making a caboose out of paperboard and wood. You'd never know from the pictures it was made of paper.

There are materials and tools available today that weren't available (or just not practical) when this book was written, but the information in this book is timeless. You can easily apply the same techniques to 2005 technology. And you'll still be able to do the same in 25 years.