Description
Learn the model-making process from begin to finish, including the most productive ways to make a choice scale, wheels, motors, and track layout. Get advice for building steam engines, locomotives, and passenger cars, and discover fresh ideas and inspiration to your own LEGO train designs.
Inside you’ll be able to find:
-A historical tour of LEGO trains
-Step by step building instructions for models of the German Inter-City Express (ICE), the Swiss “Crocodile,” and a vintage passenger car
-Tips for controlling your trains with transformers, receivers, and motors
-Advice on advanced building techniques like SNOT (studs now not on best), microstriping, creating textures, and making offset connections
-Case studies of the design process
-How you can use older LEGO pieces in brand new designs
For ages 10+