Basic Scenery for Model Railroaders (Model Railroader Books: Essentials) - Softcover

Keep modelers up to date on the latest scenery products and materials with this freshly updated edition. New material on foam scenery and concrete roads as well as many new projects teach modelers how to apply a basic layer of scenery to their layout. Modelers will learn how to form ground terrain, add varieties of ground cover, build trees, and add details such as rocks, dirt and paved roads, water effects, signs, and more.

Lou Sassi has been a model railroader since his pre-teen years in Saratoga Springs, New York. He started building his HO scale Boston & Maine West Hoosic Division Railroad, which was featured in several magazines. Lou is working on an O-30 layout based on Maine's two-foot gauge Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad. He has written several books for Kalmbach Publishing.