Product Description

Offers suggestions for starting and building your model railway.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #350675 in Books
• Published on: 2005-09-15
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Customer Reviews

Very Limited
Basically an advertisment for Hornby railways and their stock. Okay, I know that it does say Hornby, but the implication is that it is a bit of a guide to building a model railway that one can use to create something special. This is not the case at all. Whilst each topic is covered - stock, layout, scenery and buildings, there is nothing in any depth that after an initial read hasn't been absorbed. It would be very little use as a reference book for techniques or a book that you would constantly refer back to as required. Nope. This is a simple taster book aimed at young folk who are just getting an itch to build. Well produced and very glossy, but overall, not that useful.

Hornby Model Railway
This was excellent value for money and made my Xmas to see my father-in-law's face when he realised I'd managed to find the book he'd been after to "complete" his love of his model railway.

Poor Intro to model railways
I was looking for an authoratative book on the creation of a model railway and turned to Hornby as an estemed source. Unfortunately this book is a poor source of both inspiration and technical details with too little technical detail on how to create a new layout. The illustrations are childlike in their presentation and the text lacks any depth of technical detail to help you plan a layout. A poor advert for the Hornby name.