Multideck design for model railroads Proven methods for doubling your layout space
Book - 2021
"Model railroaders are always looking for ways to pack more operation and scenery into a limited space. Adding a second deck to your layout is a viable option that can effectively double your mainline run and increase the real estate you have to work with. Designing and building a multideck layout, however, is much more complex than simply adding another layer of benchwork to a single-deck layout. Benchwork complexity, lighting, shelf widths, room size and shape, and other factors must be carefully considered. In Multideck Design for Model Railroads, veteran modeler Tony Koester addresses these factors and more!"--back cover.
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Waukesha, Wisconsin :
Kalmbach Media
2021.
- Language
- English
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- Item Description
- "Model Railroader Books"--Cover.
- Physical Description
- 111 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- ISBN
- 9781627008709
- Introduction: A matured approach to layout design
- Chapter 1. Defining the purpose
- No sense making a big commitment unless you really need to
- Chapter 2. A mature technology
- Multideck railroads have been in operation for decades
- Chapter 3. Key Design Considerations
- Benchwork height and depth, getting between decks, backdrops, and more
- Chapter 4. Then and now on the Nickel Plate
- Comparing aspirations with realizations at the two-decade mark
- Chapter 5. When stuck with lemons ...
- Multidecks are about compromises, so make the most of them
- Chapter 6. The aesthetics
- Ensuring that crew members, visitors, and you are comfortable
- Chapter 7. Operating a multideck railroad
- There will be twice as many crew members in the same aisles
- Chapter 8. Multideck photo gallery
- Scenes on railroads discussed in this book