For Britain's growing band of model railway enthusiasts, a garden railway is the ultimate challenge. In this inspirational book Richard Blizzard guides you through 19 garden railway projects, from laying the track and making simple trackside accessories through to constructing a 16mm-gauge live steam engine from a kit, various rolling stock and a locomotive roundhouse and turntable. The projects are presented using hundreds of step-by-step colour photographs and accompanied by full cutting lists and assembly drawings. In addition, the author provides an overview of some tools that modellers new to garden railways may find helpful and a useful list of addresses for suppliers. Whether new to the hobby or seasoned enthusiast, anyone interested in building a garden railway will find this book full of great ideas, useful tips and friendly encouragement.
User Review
"…Me, I'm specifically narrow gauge and this book suited me perfectly. The book has plenty of bright, large and colourful pictures to wet the pallet and give food for thought. The chapters are clear, consise and simple to follow. This book gives advice on how to do the basic tasks such as laying track but then goes onto describe different projects. These projects are mainly lineside buildings or accessories, mainly made out of wood but are waterproof if using marine plywood. The projects are nicely rates by signals, the more signals highlighted, the more difficult the task at hand.
In regards to the proects, it has a table of items needed giving metric and imperial sizing aswell as the type of material (EG marine plywood, brass copper etc). The projects are nicely illustrated and each image is number and corrolates to the text nearby. All in all an excelent book which will be a nice addition to your collection.
Concluding thoughts are that it may not be for every garden railway owner as it is specifically aimed at narrow gauge garden railway's and furthermore, those who want to embark on the wooden building frontier." Daniel
Table of Contents
Contains dozens of projects, all featuring step-by-step photographs and detailed diagrams. How to make stations, wayside halts, coaling stages, goods sheds and a yard crane. Engine sheds for the ambitious – a roundhouse, turntable, signal box and signals. How to make a working water tower. Four-wheel wagons, bogie wagons, tipper wagons, passenger coaches. Bridges, arches, viaducts, trees, plants, alpines.
Author Biography
Richard Blizzard is a writer and broadcaster who specialises in woodworking projects such as toys, furniture and garden schemes. Garden railways have always been a particular passion, and Richard has been enjoying his own for the past 25 years.