One of model railroading's best-known scenery modelers offers new techniques for adding realism to a layout of any size or scale. Featuring today's newest products and equipment, this third edition of one of Kalmbach's top-sellers will attract modelers with contemporary images of diesel locomotives and urban settings, plus updates to Daves trademark scenery “recipes. ” Hundreds of photographs bring the techniques to life and make it easy for modelers to get started quickly. • Includes new chapters on Western scenery and desert modeling, and city scenery and urban settings • Ideal for beginning, intermediate, and advanced modelers planning a layout.

Contents:
Introduction;
1. Planning your scenery;
2. Building scenic forms;
3. Basic colors, textures, and adhesives;
4. Rocks and rubble;
5. Finishing: texture;
6. Trees and foliage;
7. Modeling water;
8. Backdrops and background scenery;
9. Foreground scenery;
10. Modeling the changing seasons;
11. Ballasting track;
12. Rejuvenating old scenery;
List of products, manufacturers, and suppliers;
Index.

Kalmbach, soft cover, 144 pages, 8.25 x 10.75 x .25 in., 300 color photographs, 150 b&w photographs, 20 illustrations.