How to Build and Detail Model Railroad Scenes, Vol. 2

Learn how to realistically model a main street firehouse, an implement dealership, and an entire Northeastern town. Included are historical backgrounds and period details.

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Author: Lou Sassi
Softcover; 8 1/4 x 10 3/4; 80 pages; ISBN: 9780890246696

Lou Sassi has been a model railroader since his pre-teen years in Saratoga Springs, New York. He started building his HO scale Boston & Maine West Hoosic Division Railroad, which was featured in July 1988 Model Railroader, 1999 Great Model Railroads, and Allen Keller’s Great Model Railroad video #23. In 2008, Lou dismantled the West Hoosic Division, and he and his wife, Cheryl, moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, to be nearer their oldest son, Adam, his wife, Lynne, and their two children, Heather and Joshua. Lou is working on an On-30 layout based on Maine’s two-foot gauge Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad. The initial 2-foot by 6-foot module built for this endeavor is featured in the last three chapters of this book. Lou’s previous projects for Kalmbach Books include A Realistic HO Layout for Beginners, now out of print, Basic Scenery for Model Railroads, and How To Build and Detail Model Railroad Scenes, Vol. 1.

Introduction 4

Chapter one
Selecting and weathering an HO firehouse 6

Chapter two
Modeling streets, a grade
crossing, and ground cover 10

Chapter three
Weathering and detailing houses 30

Chapter four
Modeling a farm implement dealer 34

Chapter five
Detailing HO tractor models 39

Chapter six
Benchwork, track, and wiring
on an On30 module 42

Chapter seven
Trees, brush, rocks, and snow 58

Chapter eight
Creating a photo backdrop 76

about the author 79