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Building Plastic Railroad Models By Robert Schleicher
Building Plastic Railroad Models By Robert Schleicher Soft cover 1979 103 pages
Basic kitbashing, painting and weathering, decals and dry transfers, basic kitbuilding, kitbashing freight and passenger cars, kitbashing locomotives, structures. Advanced finishing. Advanced kitbashing. Includes many projects / examples)
MODEL RAILROADING TODAY is a richer and more fascinating hobby than any other, and much of its richness and variety is a result of the use of plastics. Because plastic products have made it possible for one man to accomplish a great deal in a relatively short time and at low cost, many modelers have built stunning-and nearcomplete-layouts in only a few years, and many others are following their example.
The plastic track, kits, and ready-torun equipment in today's model railroad marketplace are well detailed and, considering their wealth of detail, extremely low priced. The molding process used to make these models is capable of reproducing nearly microscopic details, and items as tiny as rivet heads appear in scale size with the round-head contour of the real thing-features often missing on even the most expensive imported brass models. Mechanically, plastic models are usually at least as good as their high-priced metal brothers, and correcting an occasional flaw such as oversize wheel flanges puts them in flawless operating condition.
If one or two details are revised and one or two minor mechanical matters corrected, virtually any plastic item can rival the realism of contest-quality scratchbuilt models. The parts you'll need to upgrade plastic cars are inexpensive, and you'll find that a "loaded" (detailed and reworked) plastic car often costs less than a comparable item built from a craftsman-style wood, metal, and cardstock kit.
In fact, from the standpoint of some modelers, plastic models have too much detail! That sounds impossible, since most of us strive to reproduce every nut and bolt of the prototype. The problem is that brake piping, handrails, ladders, grab irons, drain piping, and electrical conduits are molded into the surface of the models. Upon close inspection, this kind of detail lacks the fully rounded, free-standing look of the real thing, and it's often difficult to paint neatly. In this book you'll learn how to cleanly remove unwanted cast-on detail and replace it with wire or individual parts.
One valid complaint about plastic railroad models is that, being mass-produced, the models are too common. When they are used straight from the box, they are exact duplicates of models found on thousands of other layouts. Naturally, you want your railroad to look-and be-different from your neighbor's pike. This book provides you with the techniques you'll need to make your plastic models unique. With just a little extra work, you can make your one-of-ten-thousand plastic model one of a kind, even more distinctive than a limited-run brass import.
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