Product Description
Author: Lou Sassi
Edition: Second
Number Of Pages: 96
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
Details: Product Description Keep modelers up to date on the latest scenery products and materials with this freshly updated edition. New material on foam scenery and concrete roads as well as many new projects teach modelers how to apply a basic layer of scenery to their layout. Modelers will learn how to form ground terrain, add varieties of ground cover, build trees, and add details such as rocks, dirt and paved roads, water effects, signs, and more. Techniques are geared toward beginner to intermediate modelers. Step-by-step photos and drawings are included for each technique as well as full-color photos of the finished scenes. Lou Sassi is a well-known modeler whose work has appeared in Model Railroader and Great Model Railroads, and has authored several books. About the Author 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 O-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.
Release Date: 01-07-2014
