Creating Realistic Landscapes for Model Railways

✍ Scribed by Hill, Tony

Publisher: Crowood
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Creating a realistic setting in which to operate your railway is an essential aspect of modelling, yet it is often overlooked or left till the last minute. Hill shows you how you too can re-create a realistic landscape for your model railway.;Introduction -- Starting out -- Cuttings, cliff faces and rocky outcrops -- Let it grow: grass, vegetation, water marginals and flowers -- Water -- Trees -- Fences, walls and hedges -- Conclusion.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction --
Starting out --
Cuttings, cliff faces and rocky outcrops --
Let it grow: grass, vegetation, water marginals and flowers --
Water --
Trees --
Fences, walls and hedges --
Conclusion.

✦ Subjects

Railroads--Models;TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Engineering (General);Electronic books;Railroads -- Models;TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)

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