A Beginner's Guide to Creative Effects for Your Model Railroad

J-T Publishing, softcover, 200 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.5 in., B&W photographs and illustrations.

Have you always wanted to make creative effects for your model railroad, but didn't know how? Many off-the-shelf items in lighting, animation, and sound are available and are easy to operate. Learn to make an operating crane by using gear motors and a remote controller, build a working conveyor loader, or an operating turntable that moves at scale speed.

Animate a waterfall, create smoke, simulate fire, and project theatrical type lighting. These are only a few of the many items covered in this book. Learn how to make a working crossing gate with lights, a simple track signal system, or a street system with moving cars and trucks.

New ideas and materials are explained to the novice modeler with easy-to-understand instructions, photographs, and diagrams.

Contents:

• Electrical Primer
• Wiring Techniques
• Lighting Effects
• Track Effects
• Animation Effects
• Sound Effects
• Scenery Effects
• Theatrical Effects
• Effects Operations
• Source Guide.