New or forthcoming model railwar or model railroad books
BR air braked wagons in colour is compiled by David Ratcliffe, an expert on wagon subject. This new guide complements his previous volumes in the British Railway Pictorial series on Private Owner Wagons and International Train Ferry Wagons. Aimed at…
George Dent returns with the second book in his kit building series. Locomotive kit building remains the best route to achieving a varied range of motive power in most scales but it also retains a mystique, being associated with expert modellers…
Station Colours; Liveries used on railway buildings explained and illustrated by Peter Smith is intended to give accurate, easy to use information for those modelling and restoring railway structures. Peter Smith’s book is basically a hard copy vesrion of his website stationcolours.info and…
Tim Shackleton is the recognised guru when it comes to weathering model trains. Weathering Rolling Stock, the latest volume in the excellent aspects of modelling series, reveals many of Tim’s secrets so that the average modeller can get some great…
The Hornby Magazine Yearbook is with us once again, published on 1 November by Iain Allan, just ready for Christmas. Editor Mike Wild has set Hornby Magazine Yearbook No 6 around the Southern Region and a completely new model railway layout…
Richard Bardsley has a huge experience in Planning, Designing and Making Railway Layouts in Small Spaces. He is an experienced small-layout builder in both N and OO gauge, and in this book he shares some of his extensive experience. The…
George Dent will be well known to many as the professional model maker at Model Rail magazine. I’ve admired George’s skill for a number of years and its great that he has now published this foundation course in kit building…
Over the last two or three years some excellent books have been published about designing and building layout dioramas. Scenic Modelling A Guide for Railway Modellers in my view is up there with the best of them. John de Frayssinet has…
Hornby Magazine Yearbook No 5 is completely themed around the former Midland Railway main line through the Derbyshire peak district to Manchester. The arrival of the Bachmann Midland Pullman in both OO and N gauge during 2012 make this a…
50 Ways to a Better-Looking Layout brings many new detailing projects from Jeff Wilson, plus favorites from the pages of Model Railroader, help you add the finishing touches to your layouts and create a higher level of interest and realism.…