Tag: Model

Flying RC Models: 50 years of RC Model Aircraft by David Crocker

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This book is about my memories of over fifty years of flying radio controlled model airplanes. Back in the mid 1960’s after finishing my education I took up my old hobby again. First I tried single channel with rubber powered compound escapements moving the rudder. One pulse for right rudder, two for left and three pulses activated the secondary escapement for a one stage change throttle setting. A one stage change meant the throttle moved from, for instance, low to medium. Every time the throttle setting required adjustment the whole sequence was repeated all over again.

Fifty years later we have graduated to Spektra computer radios with fully programmable features and settings for seven channels. With enough memory to store data for 10 different aircraft, fixed and rotary wing types all this on 2.4 gigahertz frequency so that dozens of models can operate simultaneously without interference.

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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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Introduction to Model Railroading (Model Railroader’s How-To Guides)

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The all-new material in Introduction to Model Railroading offers beginning modelers a wealth of information. It begins with choosing a place, era and scale to model. Veteran modeler Jeff Wilson also breaks down the basics of planning a layout and building supporting benchwork. The easy-to-follow instructions and abundance of photographs make this the perfect introduction to scale model railroading.

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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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