Tag: Layout

How to Build a Model Railroad Layout (Doc Handy’s Hobby Helpers Book 1)

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DIY Publications presents Doc Handy’s Hobby Helpers Series. This series of how-to e-books is designed to provide interesting projects for the hobbyist. From the beginner to the expert hobbyist, there’s something for everyone.
This book describes in detail how to build a model railroad layout starting from the design phase and carrying you through to wiring your layout. This book is the first of a series of four books on model railroad building. Be sure to look for the other books which cover the subjects of building realistic looking scenery, building locomotives out of brass from scratch, and building railroad cars from scratch.

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PILENTUM Model Trains and Model Railroad and Model Railway Picture Book: The Miniatur Wunderland: The largest model train layout in the world

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Do you know the „Miniatur Wunderland“ (MiWuLa) at Hamburg, Germany? It’s the largest model railway layout in the world. The MiWuLa is hard to describe in words. Perhaps big or amazing may be words for describing this great model railroad layout, built in HO scale. As of January 2011, the railway consists of 12,000 meters (39,370 feet) of track in HO scale, divided into eight sections: Harz, the fictitious city of Knuffingen, the Alps and Austria, Hamburg, America, Scandinavia, and Switzerland. And there is the largest model airport of the world. The exhibit includes 890 trains made up of over 11,000 carriages, 300,000 lights, 215,000 trees and 200,000 human figurines.

With this picture book you should detect and analyze details. Modelers should be encouraged to get impressions for their own model layout. This digital photo book offers 154 pages of beautiful photos. It is recommended to use this e-book with a Kindle Fire or Kindle Fire HD or with a Kindle reading app (Kindle for PC, Kindle for Mac or Kindle for Android, iPad or iPhone).

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MODEL RAILWAY LAYOUT, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES

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Layout building is perhaps the most exciting, rewarding and challenging aspect of creating a model railway. Making the right design decisions and choosing good construction techniques are vital to ensure success. This book takes you through basic baseboard construction, shelf layout themes and how to link multi-deck designs together, enabling you to make the most of a given space. With different concepts covered, from simple portable layouts to helix construction techniques, Nigel Burkin mixes the best of British layouts with those used routinely overseas and shows you how you too can achieve success and satisfaction in executing your layout design. Topics covered included: Designing for comfort; How to use space efficiently; Practical construction techniques from L-Girder to box frame baseboards; Sub track bed construction, track laying and wiring; Fine tuning the layout for smooth operations.

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Realistic Model Railroad Design: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Creating a Unique Operating Layout (Model Railroader)

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Using photos, illustrations, and a straightforward style, notable Model Railroader magazine author Tony Koester shows you how to make creative, plausible choices for the concept and construction of your next model railroad. Covers key topics like developing an entire model railroad theme, choosing a scale, integrating signature design elements into your track plan, and much more.

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Realistic Model Railroad Operation (Layout Design and Planning)

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Respected expert Tony Koester teaches modelers how real railroads operate trains and how to apply those methods to their own model railroads in this extensively updated edition. Learning about timetable-and-train-order operation, as well as how cars are switched, how yards function, how signals work, and more, provides an added dimension of realism and fun for modelers, keeping the hobby fresh and exciting.

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The SketchUp Workflow for Architecture: Modeling Buildings, Visualizing Design, and Creating Construction Documents with SketchUp Pro and LayOut

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Incorporate SketchUp into every phase of your design

If you want to go beyond the basics and start using SketchUp 3D modeling software in all phases of your design, The SketchUp Workflow for Architecture is the perfect place to start. From preliminary schematics to construction documentation and everything in between, the book sketches out a workflow that is flexible enough to use from start to finish. You’ll discover helpful techniques, smart tips, and best practices that will make your design process easier, as well as helping you easily export your models into BIM programs.

The book includes in-depth coverage of the lightly-documented LayOut toolset and video tutorials on more advanced methods.

Goes beyond the basics into intermediate and advanced techniques for architects, designers, and engineers who want to use SketchUp in all stages of designGuides you from basic schematics through design development to construction documentationIncludes best practices for organizing projects and workflows and helpful tipsProvides special coverage of the LayOut toolset, an often-underused component of SketchUp Pro

The SketchUp Workflow for Architecture is a valuable addition to your design toolkit.

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