Building City Scenery: For Your Model Railroad (Model Railroader) [Paperback]

John Pryke (Author)

Book Description

Series: Model Railroader | Publication Date: March 2000

The popularity of city-scape modeling is growing! This is THE book that shows modelers how to get started.

With the variety of new city structures and details now available, modelers are looking for a guide to help them build their own realistic urban setting--this book is it! Initial chapters introduce concepts of urban development; later chapters give specific instructions on how to model realistic city structures and scenes of any size in any scale.

--Features step-by-step photos, technical illustrations, and a variety of approaches to assembling a model city for a model railroad

--Ideal for intermediate modelers who want to enhance realism on their layouts

--Includes instruction on kitbashing, working with forced perspective, modeling fine details, and more

--Written by award-winning modeler and clinician John Pryke

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company (March 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890243433
• ISBN-13: 978-0890243435
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #388,478 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars All about dimensions, March 14, 2000

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Mike Cannone (Southern California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Building City Scenery: For Your Model Railroad (Model Railroader) (Paperback)

Pryke nails creating convincing city scenery by incorporating dimensional modeling with this well-written book. He covers backdrops, flats, partial and fully modeled buildings in a way that makes complete sense thanks to some excellent writing, fine photography and diagrams. The graphics and photos are new looking, unlike those in some books that look like reprints of something produced in 1953. Also covered well are how to create realistic street scenes, building foundations, sidewalks and streets. You won't walk away from this one feeling like you've read it all before. You'll find this book unbeatable if you're a novice cityscape modeler like me or an accomplished modeler.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wealth of Modeling Information!, March 18, 2003

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This book is a must for anyone modeling city scenes. John Pryke shows and tells how to model city scenery realistically. Great photos and suggestions.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very descriptive, December 13, 2007

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This review is from: Building City Scenery: For Your Model Railroad (Model Railroader) (Paperback)

It's not very often you get books on model railroading that do not go into country-side detail, or talk about how to build cement factories. Quite frankly, there are still a lot of railroads that run through modern cities, and those of us who work on layouts that represent a piece of urban environment don't always have a lot to go on in terms of existing ideas and products. This book certainly covers a great deal of details as they relate to urban railroad layout. Very useful book. I am taking a lot from it already. A+