Layouts for Limited Space

by Nigel Adams

Published 3 January 1998
Including more than 160 photographs, plans and diagrams, this practical manual for the small-space modeller looks in detail at types of layout in all the popular gauges and how to accommodate them.

Nigel Adams has been a railway modeller for 60 years, and has always been attracted to, and a champion of, small layouts. There is, he says, something immensely satisfying about completing a small layout - although people say 'a layout is never finished', it's not difficult to finish a small one! He also enjoys exhibiting, and a small layout saves hours of setting up and dismantling - he reckons to be on his way home no more than 30 minutes after the exhibition has closed. In the 14 years since Nigel's first book was published, many new small models have been built by him and fellow modellers. This second book updates the original, and allows more room for a much larger 'Small layouts gallery', describing more than 25 layouts in various scales and gauges from which the reader can glean many new ideas. Also included are a selection of prototypes suitable for small-space models and photographs of prototype and model scenic detail, as a small layout is ideal for concentrating on scenic detail. Contents include: Where can I get ideas? Where can I build a layout where I live? Designing small layouts Scenery and scenic detail Rolling stock for small layouts Exhibiting your layout

Railway Modelling Realism

by Nigel Adams and Kevin Cartwright

Published 24 November 2012
Virtually all railway modellers young or old, beginner or accomplished, have one particular desire in mind when embarking on constructing a layout...Their desire is to recreate the real thing in minature and strive to make it look as realistic and as possible. Nigel Adams and Kevin Cartwright are both experienced modellers who have been striving for that look of realism over many years of modelling in various gauges. They know from experience that achieving realism comes with patience and practice. Being members of various clubs and societies and regular exhibitors at model railway shows, both Nigel and Kevin recognise the benefit of sharing ideas and developing techniques with fellow enthusiasts. In this book the authors draw on their combined experience and using example layouts, from friends, clubs and of course their own builds, they provide valuable guidance to assist modellers in getting closer to that elusive, but aspired to, perfection!