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Title: | Building Modern 4mm Scale Wagons |
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| Author: | Nigel Burkin |
| Publisher: | Warners Group Publications, Lincolnshire |
| Format: | Book |
| Subject: | Wagons |
| Category: | Modelling |
| Spec: | 144 pages, 9.5in x 7.5in, card-covers, colour photos throughout. ISBN: 978-1-907292-11-8 |
| Publication date: | 2010 |
| Summary: | An excellent overview of the tools and techniques needed to model modern wagons, well-illustrated with a few prototype photographs included. |
| Review: | This is book number 7 in the British Railway Modelling series, one of the earlier titles also having covered modern wagons (although limited to the detailing of ready-to-run models). It seems Nigel Burkin has cornered this market but, going by the quality of his work, this is no bad thing. This book covers wagon kits (plastic, white-metal, etched metal and resin) and scratch-building, with a number of examples of each being selected for a 'step-by-step with photos' treatment. The tools and techniques involved in construction and finishing are also considered, and there are some excellent ideas on weathering. There are a few prototype photographs but no drawings as such. However, there are hundreds of colour photographs, showing models at various stages of construction, and a further selection of larger photos at the rear showing completed models in a scenic environment. It is interesting to note that, compared to the similar book by Nigel Burkin published 12 years earlier, this one has almost double the number of pages (albeit slightly smaller format) and hugely more photographs, all in colour. Yet it costs just ?1 more (?11.99 vs ?10.95). |
| Reviewed: | 23/07/2011 by Thomas Young (Comments made by others can appear in the notes section towards the bottom of this page) |
| Sample pages: | (Click on any image to view full-sized in a new window)
The front cover.
As with the earlier Irwell Press book, several projects are included with step-by-step photographs.
There are photos of real wagons as well, including some detail views.
A gallery of excellent photos of completed models wraps the book up. |
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The front cover.
As with the earlier Irwell Press book, several projects are included with step-by-step photographs.
There are photos of real wagons as well, including some detail views.
A gallery of excellent photos of completed models wraps the book up.