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 enlarge | Authors: Linn Hanson Westcott, Rick Selby
Brand: Kalmbach
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 35666
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 80
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.2
MPN: KAL12175
ISBN: 0890242895
Dewey Decimal Number: 625.19
EAN: 9780890242896
ASIN: 0890242895
Publication Date: August 1996
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 The benchwork bible November 10, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Dont be put off if like myself, your from the UK and this is an American book about railroad benchwork. All applys no matter where or what you model. It has all you ever wanted to know about building a very good base for a model railway. Ive seen some books on the subject over the years but this is the best ive seen and has proven to be a very valuable tool in my 'new build'. It will show a few tricks to even the more experianced builders. Good step by step instructions and many pictures and diagrams.
Get it, you'l wonder how you got by without it.
Building Benchwork? Then get this book! November 9, 2006
I also have the First edition of this book and the updates are worth the purchase. Any and all of your questions about how to build quality benchwork for your model railroad will be answered with this book. Linn Westcott revolutionized the model railroading world when he came out with the L-Girder benchwork design. Since 1992 I have built two medium-sized layouts using variations of 1" X 4" and 1" X 3" L-Girders and this is solid construction. I also use the technique for building wall bracket benchwork. You can't go wrong with this book.
VERY Usefull Refrence! March 19, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For somebody without any idea about woodworking and carpentry this is VERY usefull, very clear diagrams and explinations on various bench top types and various bench top sizes, a must for any begginer or anyone that may be looking at a diffrent setup than what they have built in the past, you will not be disapointed!
 Great for big layouts - Overkill for small ones January 18, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book covers everything you need to know about building large scale model railroad benchwork. If you're looking for information on building a basic 4' X 8' bench, there are about 3 pages of information that cover this. If you never plan to get much bigger than 4' X 8', this rest if the information in this book is interesting, however, you may be better served, initially, by a different book.
 Good book on benchwork August 15, 2005
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have to assume this, I was a complete newbie to lumberwork before reading this book, and while I'm still very far to be a master in this particular art in model railroading, I can say this book helped me a lot on the subject. There may be some flaws on advanced subjects as noted on other reviews, such as modular layouts or foam based strategies (which I recently used on a N scale time-saver), but the goal attained on techniques to use on lumber and traditional layouts makes this book a worthy purchase for begginer and intermediate modellers, as it both introduces basic techniques and develops them on more advanced subjects throught the book.
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