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Detailing Freight Cars

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The Kalmbach Publishing Company is a premier publisher of books for model railroading enthusiasts. The newest addition to their 'Model Railroader' series of 'how to' guides is Jeff Wilson's "Detailing Freight Cars". Enhanced with more than two hundred color photographs and informative diagrams, this instruction manual will prove indispensable to hobbyists wanting to add realism and character to their model railroading layouts. With clear and profusely illustrated step-by-step instructions, model railroaders will learn how to add break and underbody details to their freight cars, upgrade couplers and trucks, weathering and painting their freight cars, use accurate decals for placards and markings, replace running boards and body details, and even make realistic freight loads. The techniques featured apply to model railroad layouts in all scales. "Detailing Freight Cars" is an enthusiastically recommended addition to any dedicated model railroad buffs personal reference collection.

If you are into taking your model railroad rolling stock and making it look more prototypical (aka real), then this is THE book to have to help you do this. Jeff takes you thru the basics of what would make a fair car good and a good piece of rolling stock better. Things like proper coupler detailing, brake work, stenciling, lettering, and decaling, realistic loads, weathering, and finally putting it all together. I highly recommend this for both steam and diesel era modelers.