Design a Model Railroad from Start to Finish DVD -- 2 Hours, 3 Minutes

In Design a Model Railroad from Start to Finish DVD from Kalmbach, modeler and layout designer David Popp walks you through the exciting world of layout design, sharing a wealth of his favorite design and planning tips along the way. As David plans an HO scale 1950s Chicago and North Western layout for a 10 x 16' room, he shows you where to find good prototype information, how to reduce full-sized railroading into something manageable to model, and how draw an accurate plan that can be built into a working model railroad. The DVD includes a 3D tour of the model railroad track plan from start to finish. .

• Part 1: Research
• Part 2: Aerial photos
• Part 3: Deciphering maps
• Part 4: Sharing the project with others
• Part 5: The doodle phase
• Part 6: Drafting a plan
• Part 7: Using curved turnouts
• Part 8: The plan comes together
• Part 9: Operating the layout
• The CNW Wisconsin Division 3D Tour

 
Total running time is 2 hours, 3 minutes.