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Building Model Railway Kits an Argus Specialist Publication Painting & Lining
Building Model Railway Kits an Argus Specialist Publication Soft Cover
Building Model Railway Kits is printed in Great Britian by Garnett Print.
74 pages
CONTENTS
6 MEET THE AUTHORS
The three modellers involved in this Special
8 TOOLS
A small workshop in a spare bedroom
11 CLASS 37 CONVERSION
Basic detailing of the Lima
22 GWR KING CONVERSION
Adding the Crownline conversion kit to the Hornby King
24 WAGON SURVEY
A round up of some of the popular plastic wagon kits
25 PLASTIC COACH
Constructing the Slaters Midland six-wheeler
29 WHITEMETAL WAGONS
Building the D&S Models LNWR 6 ton van
33 IMPROVING READY TO RUN
A scale compensated chassis for the Mainline J72
36 MOTORS AND GEARS
The various types available
39 WHITEMETAL COMPOUND
Whitemetal loco with etched brass parts
42 ETCHED PRINCESS
Etched brass loco with whitemetal fittings
48 PAINTING AND LINING
Step-by-Step colour guide
58 SCRATCH BUILDING
A visit to Vic Greens Workshop
61 KIT LISTINGS
Locomotive coach and wagon kits available
Introduction
While this 'Special' can be treated as a single entity concerned with kit construction and techniques, it is intended as a follow-on from our previous publication Starting Model Railways.
Once again I have separated this 'one-shot' from the countless others which have been produced over the years that have touched on or dealt with this subject in varying degrees of detail, by following through the complete building of the major items from start to finish. Taking them through the various stages of construction and, where applicable, offering
alternatives to the items we have used ... just as in the previous publication. Whilst all the subjects featured have been built in 4mm scale the techniques used are applicable to any other scale, be it 2mm (N gauge) up to 7mm (0 gauge).
The object of this publication is to show not only the progression a new modeller can make from the out-of-the-box ready-to-run loco or items of rolling stock, but how he/she can progress through simple conversion stages by adding extra detail, to simple chassis construction; then onto cast whitemetal kit building to our final piece which gives a taste of professional scratchbuilding and how to go about it with Vic Green and also show step-by-step the various categories being constructed.
Finally, we will show the painting and finishing stage. While a model can be beautifully built to most exacting standards there are many that have been totally ruined by poor, nay terrible, paint jobs and, in particular. lining.
So why not join me along with Andrew Elliott, Steve Barnfield, David Spencer and build a very 'MIXED TRAIN.'
Dave Lowery
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