Wild Swan Whitemetal Loco Construction Iain Rice (WML)

An acomplished builder of model locomotives from kits, Iain Rice offers a guide, hints and tips on the buildong of whitemetal locomotive kits. This is a book written for the begineer, providing an illustrated discussion of construction techniques designed to build your confidence to get started on your kit. The tips for success are well illustrated with photgraphs and diagrams, starting with a discussion of low-melt soldering techniques, favoured by many modellers to assemble the basic bodyshell.

Completing your model Iain Rice then moves on to painting and lining techniques, finishing with siple weathering ideas.

62 pages, softbound.

Wild Swan Plastic Bodied Locomotives Tim Shackleton (PL)

While todays plastic bobied model locomotives reach an exceptional level of detailing, there are still ways to make your locomotive different from the stock model. Focusing mostly on the early generation of superdetailed locomotives, many of which are still in production, these can be upgraded to match the latest standards. In this 164 page book Tim Shackleton describes using text and illustrations how a ready-to-run model can be upgraded and detailed as a specific locomotive. Starting with replacement chassis, ideal to convert tender-drive models to proper locomotive drive, alternative tenders and locomotive-specific details are added.

Combining the huge ranges of detailing parts and using wire to create pipe runs you can easily construct a completely different member of the class. Look out for those occasional experiments done with one member of a large class, commercial manufacturers are unlikely to make such a specific model, but you may be able to convert a model easily.

Wild Swan Etched Loco Construction by Iain Rice (ELC)

An acomplished builder of model locomotives from kits, Iain Rice offers a guide, hints and tips on the buildong of etched brass kits. This is a book written for the begineer, providing an illustrated discussion of construction techniques designed to build your confidence to get started on your kit. The tips for success are well illustrated with photgraphs and diagrams, staring with the method Iain uses to ensure the chassis stays straight and square.

Going beyond the basic assembly techniques Iain also shows you how to easily add the extra details and finishing touches which will change your kit into a model locomotive you will be proud of.

Wild Swan A Modellers Handbook of Painting and Lining by Ian Rathbone (9781905184545)

A comprehensive and detailed guide to the preparation, painting and lining of model locomotives and rolling stock.

Profusely illustrated in colour the methods, tools and 'tricks of the trade' used to recreate the most complex locomotive liveries are fully described. The book is completed with chapters covering coach liveries, which often feature the most intricate lining on complex panelling. The LNER teak livery is demonstrated, with the creation of effective wood grain effect, along with detailing of coach interiors.
Ready-to-run models are not ignored, with many examples being painted into different liveries and corrections to the factory finish.

An ideal guide to the creation and alteration and finishing of your models to be a specific fleet, uniquely completed by your own hand. 154 pages, US Letter size (11in x 8.5in) softback.

Wild Swan Art of Weathering (AW)

A comprehensive guide to replicating the effects of age, weather, wear and tear on railway rolling stock and buildings. Starting with a discussion of materials and techniques, chapters are included covering the weathering of steam and diesel locomotives, passenger coaches and goods wagons. Practical projects are described in the text with illustrations showing prototype and models being created using the techniques used.

126 pages. Soft cover.

Wild Swan An Approach to Building Finescale Track by Iain Rice (1874103003)

Sometimes the track layout you need simply isn't available or possible using standard track. Then you could consider building the track yourself. Peco and several other suppliers have long produced standard parts, making building track yourself quite achievable.

In this book Ian Rice provides years of background experience to the method and process of successful hand-built trackwork.

Wild Swan The 4mm Wagon Part Two Geoff Kent (1874103240)

The second part of Geoff Kent's useful guide to building, upgrading and detailing 4mm scale wagons for OO, EM and P4/S4 gauges.

This book covers box vans, both general purpose and special traffic vehicles and tank wagons of many different types and designs. Over 160 pages of useful project ideas and practical demonstrations described and illustrated.

This series is recommended for 4mm scale wagon builders, helping you build a distinctive and unique model from a plastic kit, then progressing to kit bashing and straightforward scratch building projects to model specific prototypes.

Wild Swan The 4mm Coal Wagon John Hayes (1874103488)

Following on from Geoff Kents' series, in this book John Hayes presents a modelling guide to the common coal wagon.

Many thousands of company and private owned wagons have served on Britains railways. Built by hundreds of builders and maintained by hundreds of repair depots their design, although laid down in specification by the RCH was almsot as varied as their liveries! John deals with structural and detail differences, showing how a more accurate model can be constructed of a specific wagon. He then provides an excellent guide to the lettering and weathering of your wagons, using transfers and hand painting to create a realistic replica of a real wagon at work.

This book covers box vans, both general purpose and special traffic vehicles and tank wagons of many different types and designs. Over 160 pages of useful project ideas and practical demonstrations described and illustrated.

This series is recommended for 4mm scale wagon builders, helping you build a distinctive and unique model from a plastic kit, then progressing to kit bashing and straightforward scratch building projects to model specific prototypes.

Wild Swan The 4mm Wagon Part Three Geoff Kent (1874103976)

Crowood Press Finetuning and Maintaining OO Guage Models (Nigel Burkin) (978-1-84797-234-7)

Crowood Press Airbrushing for Railway Modellers by George Dent (978-1-84797-265-1)

Warners Group Publications Modern Wagons in 4mm Scale Nigel Burkin (Book 3)

Peco Drawn & Described by Ian Beattie (PH-207)

Atlantic A Passion for Steam by Marc Horovitz (978-1-902827-18-6)

Small scale steam locomotives and how they work. A guide to miniature steam locomotives.

This book is an extensive guide to the miniature live steam locomotives suitable for use on garden railways. Chapters cover the workings of miniature steam engines, giving the reader a thorough understanding of the parts and mechanisms, including their purpose, use and how they work. Parts and systems are illustrated in diagramic form, providing a clear guide to the components being discussed and their relationship with the other parts of the engine.

208 pages with full colour photographs and illustrations. Hardback.