The Basics of Model Railroading with Wayne Wesolowski (1984)

Wayne dreams he can build a small layout with a minimum of expenses and space He gets some helpful advice from his Good Sense Theres so much to consider time period type of traffic and scale Wayne selects a 1950sera branch line in HO The Atlas track components cause the size to be 46 x 38 Lgirder is perfect for the Marengo Milwaukee Northern We need 1x1s 1x2s 1x3s 1x4s 2x2s and a sheet of 12 plywood Keep it simple is good advice for a firsttime layout However by dividing the layout into 4 blocks we can run two trains Polyfoam is the base for the scenic landforms Wayne adds laytex paint ground foam and rocks Artists acrylic Gloss Medium forms the lake All the structures get some weathering Wayne lists some of the problem areas couplers track and trucks and shows you how to make them work properly Locomotives can also be a source of trouble if you fail to maintain them