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Book is simply amazing!, August 21, 1999
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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.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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This is the best book on the subject, December 18, 2005
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.
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