As a recent returnee to the hobby, I am determined to carefully research all the advances that have transpired over the 25 years sicnce I was last active. To that end, I have been reading a lot of books from my local library and surfing the net for infromation and ideas.
Yesterday, while surfing around I came across an offer for an e-book entiltled “Model Train Help.” Does any one have knowledge or experience with this publication? The blurb on their web site promises a lot but I’m not sure that its just hype. At $38 this thing is not inexpensive but it may be worth while.
I too was interested in that book. But after reading that entire ad, it seemed more like a marketing experiment for an infomercial. In my view, it seemed like alot of “hype” ad nauseum and as a result I decided to take a pass on buying the book.
A few weeks back, on another forum, we were making fun of that website. I’ve never seen that book anywhere else. The book could very well be fine but the person who put together that website is, IMO, clueless. It comes across more like an infomercial. I wouldn’t take a chance paying out all that money for the book on that website.
If you are looking for information about DCC, maintaining newer locomotives (the quality is appreciatively better than it was 25 years ago), modern layout design, etc… I would recommend tha books published by Kalmbach. You can’t go wrong with them. Also, ask a question on this forum. The people here are very helpful and knowledgeable.
Having been a sap and purchased it, I would have to agree. It’s not that the e-book is bad–it’s fairly lengthy and detailed, but I found a lot of the informtion too basic. In addition, it’s fairly scarce on visual/pictorial aids, which are pretty important in a lot of the modeling projects we do. I thought having a “all in one” comprehensive source would be a good idea, but I’m not sure this is it
I’d have to agree with REVMATT reading the Kalmbach books (I’ve bought several) and following this forum are the way to go.
It seems like I recall on another thread that there was another, possibly more comprehensive book recommended, but I can’t recall the name.