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1001 Model Railway Questions & Answers.
C.J. Freezer, Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1992. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9781852604080. 224 pages, 505g. Gray cloth boards Very Good in a Very good d/w. Illustrated with b/w drawings.
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£3.00
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The 4mm Engine A Scratchbuilder's Guide.
Richard Guy Williams, Wild Swan, 1988. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0906867703. 111 pages 490g. Soft card covers creased and a little marked, Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs and scale drawings.
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£9.00
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6 Ho Railroads You Can Build From Model Railroader Magazine (Model Railroad Handbook, No 38).
Bob Hayden, Kalmbach Publishing Company, 1993. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780890241899. 144 pages. 415g. Soft card covers a little marked and dented, Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and detailed drawings. Provides step-by-step instructions for making two portable modular layouts for model trains and four large designs depicting city, industrial, and country areas
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£6.00
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Airfix Celebrating 50 Years of the Greatest Modelling Kits Ever Made (Collins Gem).
Arthur Ward, HarperCollins UK, 1999. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0004723279. 192 pages, 1.1Kg. Black cloth boards, MINT in like d/w. The author investigates the rise, fall and rise again of the Airfix Company. Profusely illustrated in colour throughout.
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£17.00
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£3.50
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Airfix Magazine Guide No.16 - Modelling Jet Fighters.
Bryan Philpott, Patrick Stephens, 197. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0850592313. 64 pages, 185g. Pictorial laminated boards with slightly sunned spine, FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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£3.00
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£2.50
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Airfix Magazine Guide No.21 - Modelling Armoured Cars.
Gerald Scarborough, Patrick Stephens, 1977. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0850592496. 64 pages, 185g. Pictorial laminated boards with slightly sunned spine, FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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Airfix Magazine Guide No.25 - Modelling World War 2 fighters.
Bryan Philpott, Patrick Stephens, 1977. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0850592623. 64 pages, 185g. Pictorial laminated boards with slightly sunned spine, FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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Baseboard Basics and Making Tracks - Planning, Baseboard Construction, Track-Laying and Wiring..
Booth, Trevor, Silver Link Publishing Ltd, 1993. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1857940067. 96 pages, 420g. Soft card covers rather edge-rubbed but with the contents tight and clean, Very Good, Illustrated with b/w photographs and a drawings. The second in a series of books providing a no-nonsense step-by-step guide to model railway construction.
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£4.00
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Baseboards for Model Railways (Aspects of Modelling).
Morton, Ian., Ian Allan Publishing, 2007. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780711031531. 80 pages, 340g. Soft card covers FINE. fully illustrated with colour photographs and drawings. How to build baseboards for the more adventurous modeller.
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£4.00
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A Beginner's Guide to Model Steam Locomotives.
Tim Coles, Patrick Stephens Limited, 1986. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0850597617. 224 pages, 460g. Soft card covers with virtical crease to slightly chipped and sunned spine, Very Good. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and drawings of mechanical details. Details how to construct a live steam locomoitive written by an author who did just that!.
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£12.00
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Britain's Model Trains 2011 - Your Complete Guide to UK Model Trains - Collectors Issue No.3.
, ModelRail, 2011. 6th Edition. ISBN: . 192 pages, 620g. Magazine format soft card covers with clight crease to top rear corner, Near FINE. Illustrated with colour throughout. Collectors edition No.3.
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Britain's Model Trains 2014 - Your Complete Guide to UK Model Trains - Collectors Issue No.6.
, ModelRail, 2014. 6th Edition. ISBN: . 228 pages, 665g. Magazine format soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour throughout. Collectors edition No.6.
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£5.00
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The British Railway Modelling Annual 2010.
Emerson, John, Warners Group Publications, 2010. First edition thus. ISBN: . 162 pages, 545g. Soft card covers FINE. No DVD included. Illustrated with colour photographs, scaled line drawings and track plans of the layouts covered, plus the usual hints and tips to improve your mdel making.
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£4.00
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The British Railway Modelling Annual 2011.
Emerson, John, Warners Group Publications, 2011. First edition thus. ISBN: . 146 pages, 490g. Soft card covers FINE. No DVD included. Illustrated with colour photographs, scaled line drawings and track plans of the layouts covered, plus the usual hints and tips to improve your mdel making.
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£4.00
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The British Railway Modelling Annual 2012.
Emerson, John, Warners Group Publications, 2013. First edition thus. ISBN: . 114 pages, 390g. Soft card covers with bump to base of spine. Near FINE. No DVD included. Illustrated with colour photographs, drawings and track plans of the layouts covered, plus the usual hints and tips to improve your mdel making.
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£4.00
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The British Railway Modelling Annual 2013.
Emerson, John, Warners Group Publications, 2013. First edition thus. ISBN: . 114 pages, 390g. Soft card covers FINE. No DVD included. Illustrated with colour photographs, scaled line drawings and track plans of the layouts covered, plus the usual hints and tips to improve your mdel making.
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£4.00
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Building Model Locomotives.
F. J. Roche & G. G. Templer, Ian Allan Ltd, 1968. Revised Edition. ISBN: 0711000492. 192 pages, 715g. Black cloth boards with slight age toning to page edges, Near FINE in a Near Very good d/w rubbed, marked and frayed to top of spine. illustrated with many scaled line drawings to help the modeller get the best results.
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£8.00
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Cade's Locomotive Guide.
Lovett & Wood, Marwain Publishing, 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0905377079. 168 pages, 255g. Soft card covers a little rubbed and marked, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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£2.50
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Commercial Vehicles - Troy Model Club Series..
Gibson, Cecil., Nelson, 1970. 1st Edition. ISBN: 017213207X. 64 pages, 320g. Red cloth boards Very Good in a Very Good slightly sun darkened d/w. Illustrated with colour photographs.
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£3.00
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Complete Book of Model Railway Electronics.
Amos, Roger, Patrick Stephens Limited, 1991. Reprint. ISBN: 1852602880. 255 pages. 530g. Green cloth boards, FINE in FINE d/w. Illustrated with line drawings. The essential handbook for all railway modellers to enhance their layout operation.
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Creating the Scenic Landscape (Silver Link Library of Railway Modelling).
T.J. Booth, Silver Link Publishing Ltd, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1857940237. 96 pages. 415g. Soft card covers a little rubbed Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Covers Stations and buildings, fields and trees, roads and rivers, construction techniques, and painting and detailing.
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Discovering Wargames (Discovering Series)..
Tunstill, John., Shire Publications, 1970. Reprint. ISBN: . 64 pages, 60g. Small soft card covers a little rubbed, Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated handbook for the beginner in table top wargaming, illustrated with b/w drawings.
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£3.00
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Encyclopedia Of Military Aircraft Models 1/72..
Boileau. Claude, Huynh-Dinh Khuong and Thomas A.Young., Airlife Publishing, 1988. First English Language Edition.. ISBN: 1853100633. 201 pages, 870g. Pictorial laminated boards. FINE. Kits of missiles, warships and 1/72 aviation related vehicles and figures also included. Illustrated in clour throughout.
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European Military Uniforms - A Short History.
Martin. Paul., Hamlyn Publishing, 1968. Second impression. ISBN: . 136 pages. 1.02Kg. 4to. Illustrated with 44 pages of colour plates of print, lithographs and water-colours by contemporary artists. Red cloth boards FINE in a V.G. edge-rubbed price-clipped d/w.
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£4.50
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Flexichas or a Way to Build a Fully Compensated Chassis.
M. Sharman, The Oakwood Press, 1988. Reprint. ISBN: 0860930726. 35 pages, 70g. Stapled soft card covers FINE. Ilustrated with helpful explanitory line drawings.
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£3.00
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From Train Set to Model Railway..
Hatton, Chris., Ian Allan LTD, 2009. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780711033825. 128 pages, 530g. Soft card covers with light crease to rear bottom corner, FINE. Illustrated with b/w and colour photographs showing every stage of construction, from base board to finished model. Included colour light installation etc.
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The Great Eastern Railway, Part One - A Selection of 7mm Scale Locomotive Drawings - (Oakwood Portfolio Series Volume Three).
Mike Sharman, The Oakwood Press, 1987. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0853613311. 73 fold-out plans, 255g. Soft card covers a little rubbed to edges, Near FINE. Scaled line drawings for the modeller or historian. This is Volume Three.
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£6.00
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Great Western Railway Signal Department Painting Instructions .
GWR, Great Western Railway Study Group, . Reprint. ISBN: . 16 page pamphlet, 25g. (8vo) Stapled paper covers being a reproduction of GWR Circular No.2 by the Great Western Signal Department, showing the colours of the various parts of the Signals as of 1907.
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£3.00
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£1.95
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GWR Switch and Crossing Practice - A Design Guide for 4mm Modellers. .
Smith, David J,, Great Western Study Group, 2000. 1st Edition. ISBN: . iv + 150 pages, 740g. soft card covers a little rubbed to corners, Near MINT. Illustrated with detail photograths and scaled line drawings.
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£29.00
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Historic wagon drawings in 4mm scale.
Roche, Francis Joseph, Ian Allan Ltd, 1965. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711001847. 38 pages. 420g. Oblong format spiral bound Pictorial laminated boards, boards a little creased and some damage to comb binding but tight and sound. Very Good with the slight age toning to page edges not affecting drawings, o/w contents tight and clean. These drawings of wagons were specially prepared for model bulders from the British Railways originals by F.J. Roche between the years 1948 to1952, and now reprinted in book form.
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£12.00
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Historical Railway Modelling.
David. Jenkinson, Pendragon Partnership, 2001. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1899816100. 176 pages. 810g. Black cloth boards Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Fully illustrated in colour and b/w photographs plus line drawings. With the benefit of his 50 years in this hobby, the author analysis the whole process from initial idea to final implementation and all the essential stages in between.
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£8.00
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History Of S.R Locomotives To 1938 - A Paper (Railway Observer Supplement No. 6).
Cook, K. J., The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society, 1949. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 70 pages, 120g. Paper covers internally tight and clean. Near FINE. Illustrated with many scaled line drawings of locomotives, each with a b/w photographs of the engine covered, and fold-out charts.
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£12.00
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Hornby - The Official Illustrated History..
Harrison. Ian., Harper Collins, 2002. 1st Edition. ISBN: 000715173X. 192 pages. 1.1Kg. Red cloth boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w. Fully illustrated in colour throughout. The history of the rise and development of this famous model railway company over the last 82 years.
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£12.00
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Hornby Book of Trains 1938-39 .
Hornby, Roland., Meccano Ltd, 1939. 1939-40 Edition. ISBN: . 56 pages, 175g. Stapled soft card covers edge-rubbed and bottom tippes of corners creased, original staples rusting but sound. Covers split for 70% of spine, being held by one staple only. Good only. Illustrated with colour and b/w drawings. A scarce item to find in this condition.
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£40.00
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Hornby Book of Trains 1939-40 .
Hornby, Roland., Meccano Ltd, 1939. 1939-40 Edition. ISBN: . 56 pages, 175g. Stapled soft card covers edge-rubbed and bottom tippes of corners creased, original staples rusting but sound. Near Very Good. Illustrated with colour and b/w drawings. A scarce item to find in this condition.
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£40.00
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HORNBY MAGAZINE YEARBOOK NO 1.
Ian Allan, Ian Allan Publishing, 2008. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780711033542. 128 pages. 765g. Pictorial laminated Boards Near MINT. Illustrated with colour photographs. The second in the series featuring material first published in the Hornby Magazine.
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£12.00
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HORNBY MAGAZINE YEARBOOK NO 2.
Ian Allan, Ian Allan Publishing, 2009. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780711034129. 128 pages. 765g. Pictorial laminated Boards Near MINT. Illustrated with colour photographs. The second in the series featuring material first published in the Hornby Magazine.
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£7.00
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HORNBY MAGAZINE YEARBOOK NO 3.
Ian Allan, Ian Allan Publishing, 2009. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780711035300. 128 pages. 765g. Pictorial laminated Boards Near MINT. Illustrated with colour photographs. The second in the series featuring material first published in the Hornby Magazine.
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£5.50
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Hornby Magazine Yearbook No.2.
Ian Allan, Ian Allan Publishing, 2009. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711034125. 128 pages. 765g. Pictorial laminated Boards Near MINT. Illustrated with colour photographs. The second in the series featuring material first published in the Hornby Magazine.
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£5.00
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Hornby The Official 2011 Handbook.
, Model Rail, 2011. First edition thus. ISBN: . 132 pages, 390g. Soft sovers FINE. Illustrated in colour throughout.
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How to Go Plastic Modelling.
Chris Ellis, Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1971. 2nd Edition. ISBN: 0850590515. 168 pages, 360g. Black cloth boards Very Good in a Very Good d/w with faded spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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Introduction to 4mm Fine Scale Railway Modelling.
Rice, Iain ( Editor ) , Hawkshill Publishing, 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1900349019. 64 pages, 270g. Soft card covers a little rubbed to edges, Near FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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JU 87 Stuka - Classic Aircraft No. 5 - Their History and How to Model Them..
Robertson, Bruce & Gerald Scarborough, Patrick Stephens, 1977. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0850591937. 96 pages. 365g. Pictorial laminated Boards a little sunned to spine and rear cover. FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings plus 3D cut-away. Decribes the aircraft development and service, plus sections on super-detailing 'Airfix' 1-24 scale plastic kits.
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£17.00
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Just Like the Real Thing - Modelling Railways.
Pete Waterman, Ian Allan Publishing, 2009. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780711034556. 160 pages, 935g. Black cloth boards with light mark to front free end-paper, Very Good in a Near Very Good with some internal staining (Tea?) to d/w, showing very slightly on front and now ion clear removable wrap, so GOOD only. Fully illustrated with colour photographs. Pete Waterman's new book tells the story of how he and a team of dedicated modellers have built one of the most impressive model layouts in the country. He covers all aspects of building the model of Leamington Spa station and gives tips on how to model railways to the very highest standard - a subject very close to his heart.
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£3.50
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Knights at Tournament (Elite 17).
Gravett, Christopher, Osprey Publishing, 2003. Reprint. ISBN: 0850458366. 64 pages. 230g. Pictorial card covers Near MINT. Illustrated with b/w photographs and many colour drawings by Angus McBride. Covers the history of military forces, artefacts, personalities and techniques of warfare.
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The Late G. J. Churchward's Locomotive Development on the Great Western Railway - A Paper (Railway Observer Supplement No. 12).
Cook, K. J., The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society, 1950. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 42 pages, 80g. Stapled paper covers a little foxed, internally tight and clean. Illustrated with many mechanical drawings and 2 fold-outs showing GWR Standard Stephenson Valve Gear and Diagram of Walschaert Valve Gear as modified by Churchward. Ideal for modelling and model engineers wanting detailed design diagrams. Very unsual item.
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£15.00
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Layouts for Limited Spaces - Choice - Design - Construction - Operation. (The Silver Link Library of Railway Modelling).
NIGEL ADAMS, Silver Link Publishing Ltd, 1996. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1857940555. 128 pages, 525g. Soft card covers with light crease to front of lightly rubbed edges, Near FINE with the contents tight and clean. Illustaretd with b/w photographs, drawings and track plans. Practical solutions for the space-starved modeller.
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£4.00
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Locomotive and Rolling-stock Construction (Silver Link Library of Railway Modelling).
Booth, trevor, Silver Link Publishing Ltd, 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1857940385. 96 pages, 405g. Soft card covers a little rubbed and marked to edges Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings. Shows how to choose suitable stock, Building Kits, Painting and detailing and Realistic Operation.
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£3.00
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Locomotives in Outline, GWR.
C. J Freezer, Peco Publishing, 1977. 1st Edition. ISBN: 090058646x. 38 pages. 470g. Oblong format Pictorial laminated boards V.G. with contents tight and clean, in a POOR edge-rubbed repaired d/w. Illustrated with 77 drawings, all in 1:76 scale, drawn by the author and previously published in the `Railway Modeller' magazine.
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£4.00
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Locomotives Worth Modelling.
Hambleton, F. C., Model and Allied Publications, 1977. . ISBN: 0852425805. 170 pages. 365g. Black cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with sunned spine now in clear removable wrap. Illustrated with scale drawings and particulars of a selection of locomotives of the Pre-Grouping era.
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