Kalmbach A: How to Build Realistic Model Railroad Scenery, Vol III

One of model railroading's best-known scenery modelers offers new techniques for adding realism to a layout of any size or scale. Featuring today's newest products and equipment, this third edition of one of Kalmbach's top-sellers will attract modelers with contemporary images of diesel locomotives and urban settings, plus updates to Dave's trademark scenery “recipes.” Hundreds of photographs bring the techniques to life and make it easy for modelers to get started quickly.
• Includes new chapters on Western scenery and desert modeling, and city scenery and urban settings
• Ideal for beginning, intermediate, and advanced modelers planning a layout


TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Dedication and acknowledgments 4
Introduction 5
Chapter 1: Planning your scenery 7
Chapter 2: Building scenic forms 13
Chapter 3: Basic colors, textures, and adhesives 31
Chapter 4: Rocks and rubble 41
Chapter 5: Finishing: texture 59
Chapter 6: Trees and foliage 69
Chapter 7: Modeling water 86
Chapter 8: Backdrops and background scenery 98
Chapter 9: Foreground scenery 112
Chapter 10: Modeling the changing seasons 126
Chapter 11: Ballasting track 134
Chapter 12: Rejuvenating old scenery 138

List of products, manufacturers, and suppliers 142
Index 144