Books and Magazines

Level 2-Intermediate. Includes layouts HO-13 through HO-23. Contains 11 challenging layouts designed for unique spaces. Includes fool-proof tips, shortcuts and guidelines to create unusual layouts for limited space. Plans can be built with Atlas Code 83...

Make your model stand out from the rest with this technique-driven book written by Lance Mindheim! In 112 pages, Mindheim dives into the details of how to create realistic structures. Begin using dozens of tips and techniques on cutting, gluing,...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more N-Scale Reviews The Other AFT Steam Locomotive T-1 American Freedom Train from Broadway Limited Imports Supreme...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews German Challenger — Krauss-Maffei ML-4000 from PIKO America  Action Red Rebuild — RS-18u from Rapido...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more G-Scale Review Large-Scale Rescue— Norfolk Southern First Responders from LGB HO-Scale Reviews Reading Class NMj...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews Landmark Locomotive— Rapido Trains Early Phase U25B Diesel Locomotive Six-Axle Returns—...

  Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews Iconic New York Central Power Bachmann J3a Hudson 4-6-4 Steam Locomotive Lightfooted RS-11 Rapido...

 Features: TYCO’s Chrome Crescent A Genuine Gleaming Rarity  • by Tony Lucio — Description.Steam Locomotives of the 1950s from Model Die Casting-Roundhouse  • by Tony Cook21st Century Return for a Wide-Vision Caboose from...

Featuring signs railroads used at their offices and shops, in operations, and at all types of stations. It also illustrates the different types of crossbucks from simple to wig-wag. Like Volume 1, it contains over 500 full color images from the 1940s –...

The final installment in this series chronicling the revenue equipment of dozens of companies 1980 - 2000. Features NS, N&W, NYC(CR), ONT, OTTX, P&LE, PC, PHD, PLCX, PROX, PTLX, RBOX, RGCX, SBD, SCL, SOO, SOU, SP, SPSX, TTLX, TPIX, UCEX, WC, WSTX, WW,...

By Robert J. Yanosey Famed rail photographer Em Gulash traveled extensively in the U.S. and Canada and made it part of his standard repertoire to photograph freight cars in these far flung places. This volume covers the rolling stock of ACFX, AGPX,...

Greg Stout An in-depth dive into the great trains of the Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line, and merged Seaboard Coast Line, which moved passengers between Chicago, the Northeast, and sunny Florida!

How much time have you wasted searching through piles of reference books and magazines to find that one piece of information that’s vital to a modeling project? The Model Railroader’s Handbook puts all that information in one place! Created as a...

Jeff Wilson's new book, Guide to North American Diesel Locomotives, offers more than 300 pages of detailed information on diesel locomotives produced in North America from the 1930s to today. An essential guide for model railroaders and train...

Bring your layout to the next level with a complete overview of modeling railroad scenery in this “scenery maker's bible” from modeler and Model Railroader Video Plus host Kathy Millatt. You’ll learn how to use the latest...

Building What’s in a Photo takes you from an interesting prototype photo all the way through to a finished project. We’ve gathered some of model railroading’s most talented builders to share their models and the images that...

Modeling Aircraft by Aaron Skinner and his team of experts at FineScale Modeler, gives you 144 pages of photo-driven, how-to projects. In this all-new book you will learn more about finishing, masking, using cast resin parts, working with...

FineScale Modeler's Aaron Skinner explores science fiction and fantasy with various other modeling experts in the new book, Out of This World Modeling.This project-oriented book features: Models from "Star Wars," "Star Trek," "Batman," Anime, and...

A prolific military modeler and historian, Sheperd Paine shares his tips and techniques for building detailed military models and dioramas in this special guide. You'll also find a variety of projects from top armor modelers — all influenced by...

Add an astounding level of detail to your dioramas by incorporating figures, vehicles, and scenery in varying scales. This how-to style book from master modeler Enrique Carrasco guides readers through the depth-of-scale technique that's unique to the...