CREATING THE SCENIC LANDSCAPE

A welcome reprint of another title in the 'Silver Link Library of Railway Modelling'. In this highly illustrated book (based on Silver Link's own Platt Lane layout), Trevor Booth brings a wealth of experience to one of the most enjoyable parts of model-railway building: the development of the scenic landscape, when we begin to breathe life and character into what has hitherto been just timber and wire.

Leading railway modeller and author Trevor Booth turns his attention to that most enjoyable of stages in model railway building, the development of the scenic landscape, when we begin to breathe life and character into what has hitherto been just timber and wire. He brings to the project his many years of experience, and the myriad skills acquired by any modeller with time and practice.
This volume covers:
* Creating landscapes and contours * Railway 'civil engineering' : platforms, retaining walls, bridges etc * Natural groundwork : trees, shrubs, earth and grass * Modelling form and texture: rocks, rivers and roads * Buildings from scratch or from kits * Life on the layout - people, animals and vehicles * Colouring, painting and detailing * Cameos and conversation pieces.