222 Tips for Building Model Railroad Structures (Model Railroader) [Paperback]

Dave Frary (Author), Michael Emmerich (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Model Railroader | Publication Date: January 1993

Expert tips and techniques for building plastic, wood, plaster, paper, and metal structures. Includes roofing, painting, weathering, and detailing information.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company (January 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890241457
• ISBN-13: 978-0890241455
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,004,429 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dave Frary has been an active professional model railroad builder, author, photographer, and instructor for more than 45 years.

His photos, plans and stories have appeared in Model Railroader, Railroad Model Craftsman, Classic Toy Trains, Great Model Railroads, The Short Line & Narrow Gauge Gazette, FineScale Modeler, Model Railroading, Toy Update, 009 News, and many other publications. His industrial photos have been used by model manufacturers, by N.A.S.A. and in dozens of non-railroad brochures, annual reports, record album covers, and advertisements.

Dave's model railroads have toured the USA, are located in Tokyo Disneyland, several museums, retail stores, private homes, and have been used in TV and motion picture productions.

Dave has authored seven books on scenery building, model building and model photography, and has produced seven DVD's. His web site is www.mrscenery.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book about modeling structures., November 29, 2000

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Christopher David Volk "hydrant" (Pullman, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 222 Tips for Building Model Railroad Structures (Model Railroader) (Paperback)

I own several how-to books on model railroading and this one in particular does a great job of explaining how to build and incorporate structures on layouts. It also has great diagrams and pictures to help the reader with projects they may want to try. I highly recommend this book to model railroaders that may want some new ideas or tips on how to improve current skills.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Some great tips, but not for everyone., August 14, 2002

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jon berridge (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 222 Tips for Building Model Railroad Structures (Model Railroader) (Paperback)

This book covers everything from card and plastic structures, to wood and plaster craftsman kits and metal castings. It does not cover it evenly however. Only 14 of the 222 tips deal with plastic kits and kitbashing, while there's a full 3 pages on applying roofing shingles to craftsman kits! Although there are many useful tips - and a couple of gems, I would only reccomend this book to a modeler just starting on craftsman kits. That's really the books focus. If you're not building craftsman kits, or you've built several already, this book won't be very relevant.