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Basic Model Railroading: Getting Started in the Hobby (Model Railroader Books) | 
 enlarge | Creator: Kent J. Johnson
Brand: KAL
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 335252
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 80
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 10.5 x 8 x 0.2
MPN: KAL12197
ISBN: 0890243344
Dewey Decimal Number: 625.19
EAN: 9780890243343
ASIN: 0890243344
Publication Date: November 1998
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Product Description
"This is a 80 page Basic Model Railroading: Getting Started in the Hobby from Kalmbach Books. If you're ready to get started in model railroading but have questions about how to begin, here's the book you have been waiting for! In Basic Model Railroading, the staff of Model Railroader Magazine has put together answers to your questions about layout planning, carpentry, wiring, and scenery building, among other subjects. Within these pages, you'll learn everything you need to get started. FEATURES: Glossy softcover 80 page book. This book is a comprehensive introduction to the vast and exciting world of railroad modeling. Book is filled to the brim with tasty and helpful photographs. The book is also full of helpful ""how-to"" information including: -Essential tools and supplies -Tracklaying -Wiring -Train control systems
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 Disappointing January 24, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Covers a lot of topics, but not at all in depth. This wasn't written as a book, it is just a bunch of reprints from Model Railroader magazine.
An example of something I was hoping to find: info on how to lay flex-track. It says to lay it out, cut it, nail it down. I knew that! I was looking for tips on HOW to cut it so the rail joints make properly.
I really wouldn't recommend this book. You would be better off to go to a library and review back issues of Model Railroader.
A Good Start August 12, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
It is one thing to be interested in getting started on a model railroad and it is quite a different thing to actually know what to do. Anyone can take a basic train set and add some more track to it but such an unorganized approach soon leads to an unwieldy and expensive mess that will probably not be very enjoyable. This book goes a long way in remedying that problem.
It just covers the basics but it covers a lot of them. That includes track, running gear, wiring, scenery, model building, foliage and much else... even photography. It covers none of these things in any depth but it does provide a starting place and allow a novice to ask intelligent questions. It is a needed resource for a beginner.
 Great Insparation March 23, 2006
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Good book for anyone to that is just starting on model railroading, even a the more advanced railroader would find some of the topics covered usefull
Very Informative November 24, 1999
39 out of 41 found this review helpful
This book has just about everything a beginner need to become familiar with the hobby of model railroading. It has everything from choosing the correct scale and gague, to how to maintain a well-tuned railroad, to the scenery of your layout. I am sure that as I grow in the hobby, this book will be used time and again as a wonderful quick reference of how to do just about everything in the hobby.
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