Learn to detail, kitbash, paint, and maintain a steam locomotive of any scale. Includes information about the history of steam locomotive power and components of the prototype, all in an easy-to-understand, illustrated manner. Compiled from the pages of Model Railroader, with additional new material from John Pryke. Perfect-bound softcover; 8 1/4 x 10 3/4; 80 pages; 100 color photos; 50 b&w photos; 40 illustrations
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While this book provides useful information for the modeler, it is disappointing in that it could have been so much better. With seventy-five years of Model Railroader Magazine archives the editor had to work from, and literally hundreds of pertinent articles, I expected a much better book. Why, for example, excerpt from an article, and not print the whole article? It seems like it is more an advertising vehicle for the Kalmbach Publishing download library than an attempt at a truly useful book.
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Clear, direct instructions and full-color photographs,
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Expertly compiled and edited by model railroading expert John Ryke, Steam Locomotive Projects And Ideas is an impressive resource ideal the novice and welcomed by advanced railroad modelers alike. Clear, direct instructions and full-color photographs detail the basics of a variety of model railroad activities including detailing, kitbashing, scratch building, painting, weathering, improving performance, and more. An excellent selection of well illustrated model railroading ideas.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good reference for all steam modelers.,
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John Pryke's compilation is perfect for the beginner and still useful as a reference for more seasoned modelers. As time passes this kind of information is harder and harder to find.
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Today there are more model steam locomotives on the market than at any time in history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
plastic steam engines, plastic steam locomotives, steam delivery pipe, washout plugs, boiler bands, smokebox front, brass imports, tender deck, model steam locomotives, control coat, pop valves, sand dome, pilot deck, steam dome, grimy black, coal load, water hatch, trailing trucks, steam chest, model steam engines, grab irons, motor tool, cab sides, feedwater heater, valve gear Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Polly Scale, Precision Scale, John Pryke, Model Railroader Magazine, New Haven, Union Pacific, Central Vermont, Detail Associates, New York Central, Russia Iron, Short Line, South Park Finescale, Tuscan Red, World War, Custom Finishing, Follow Bowser, Reefer White New!
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- Pennsy Power: Steam and Electric Locomotives of the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1900-1957 by Alvin F. Staufer on page 32
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