Lack of space in the home is one of the principal problems facing the aspiring modeller, but help is at hand! With over 45 years’ modelling experience, Nigel Adams specialises in accommodating interesting and rewarding layouts in very small areas of just a few square feet. "This practical manual for the small-space modeller looks in detail at types of layouts in all the popular gauges and how to accommodate them. Nigel Adams covers prototypes suitable for small-space models, layout design, rolling-stock considerations, maximising the operational possibilities of even the smallest layout and exhibiting the layout. It includes over 160 photographs and plans.

There is also a 'Small Layouts Gallery' of 30 actual examples, their design, construction and operation described by their builders with the help of photographs and plans. Also available in the Silver Link Library of Railway Modelling: * Baseboard Basics and Making Tracks * Creating the Scenic Landscape * Locomotive and Rolling Stock Construction