Detailing Track – The Book
Masterclass Modeling Series™ #2 – Detailing Track
by Mike Cougill, VP & Creative Director, OST Publications, Inc.
Track, without it there would be no railroad. Yet modeling prototypical track is one of the least practiced aspects of building a model railroad.
In the Masterclass Modeling Series™ book: Detailing Track, you’ll learn about the anatomy of prototype track and turnouts. How you can take handlaid O Scale track and turnouts to another level of realism with tips for working with individual tieplates and other details. You’ll also learn how to quickly improve the appearance of commercial turnouts with simple techniques for adding extra details.
Handlaid or commercial track in any scale can be greatly improved by painting and weathering, so an entire chapter of useful techniques is devoted to this topic.
While the author works in 1/4″ scale to P48 standards, that doesn’t mean there’s nothing of value here if you don’t. The book features extensive coverage of prototype track and turnouts with plenty of photos to help modelers working in any scale, understand this essential part of the railroad scene and how to model it more effectively.
Topics include:
- The Anatomy of Track and Turnouts
- Handlaying Track and Turnouts
- Weathering & Ballasting
- Detailing Commercial Track
- Anatomy of an Interlocking
- Lineside Details
It’s our hope that Detailing Track will inspire modelers of all scales to take a closer look at prototype track and use these techniques and principles to add a new level of enjoyment to their hobby.
