Scenery for Your Model Railroad (Model Railroader)

Rating:
Summary: Not for the unexperienced.
Review: A good book is you are looking to make a backdrop for your model railroad. If you are just looking to make realistic scenery (like hills, water, plants etc) it could be better. A full half of the book is dedicated to making backdrops, and each other topic only gets a chapter. I did like the chapter on blending scenery though. I wouldn't recommend this book for people who don't have scenery building experience.

Rating:
Summary: Not for the unexperienced.
Review: A good book is you are looking to make a backdrop for your model railroad. If you are just looking to make realistic scenery (like hills, water, plants etc) it could be better. A full half of the book is dedicated to making backdrops, and each other topic only gets a chapter. I did like the chapter on blending scenery though. I wouldn't recommend this book for people who don't have scenery building experience.

Rating:
Summary: Should be titled: Scenic Backdrops.
Review: This book contains very few new ideas and little or no step-by-step instruction. Dave Frary's book How to Build Realistic Model Railroad Scenery is a much more useful book with myriad tips and examples.