RMweb Gold Godfrey Glyn Posted May 18, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2012 Picked up a copy of this from Bob at Alton on Sunday. I haven't read it through word for word but I think its a really good buy. There are lots of photographs in it which are new to me plus some good shots of some fine modelling. I particularly love the colour photo of Ventnor West, as a small boy I used to live in the cottage overlooking the station yard ( alas after the track had been lifted) and have always thought it would make a great model. At £16.95 I think its another very good value book from Kevin Robertson. Godfrey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted May 18, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2012 Sounds interesting, certainly. Recommendations like this deserve to be in Graham Muz's Southern Group. I would not expect RMwebber Belgian to comment.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernboy Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 I'll check this out next time I'm at my local Ian Allen bookshop - but meanwhile out of interest - what subjects does it broadly cover? As a modeller of the Southern, in my mind there's an almost inexhaustible list of areas about which I'd like to learn more : EMUs locos carriages station colours and styles concrete structures operations 3rd rail positioning track point motors signalling For perfectly understandable reasons I find many publications focus on post 1947, so I wonder the balance of coverage 1924 - 1947. It's just idle curiosity really because like I say I'll see for myself in a few weeks when I go to the bookshop. I think I read this was one of two books (the second to follow). Do I recall correctly? Thanks, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted May 19, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 19, 2012 More information on the book can be found here. Yes it is Volume 1 and the second is due early next year witth possibly more volume to follow. Yes it covers a number of different apsects, Mark, a number of which are on your list and also yes it does cover pre-nationalisation Southern Railway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazmanjack Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Picked up a copy of this from Bob at Alton on Sunday. I haven't read it through word for word but I think its a really good buy. There are lots of photographs in it which are new to me plus some good shots of some fine modelling. I particularly love the colour photo of Ventnor West, as a small boy I used to live in the cottage overlooking the station yard ( alas after the track had been lifted) and have always thought it would make a great model. At £16.95 I think its another very good value book from Kevin Robertson. Godfrey Hi Godfrey, Would you mind posting the ISBN and publisher for this book. Much appreciated, Gary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted May 30, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 30, 2012 Would you mind posting the ISBN and publisher for this book. If you click on the link in Graham Muz's #4 above, you will get the ISBN at the bottom of the page. Publisher is Noodle Books, and Google will get you their website with order-cart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Gate Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Finished reading this today, and it's excellent. The sections on locomotives and carriage stock, where they ran and when are invaluable. Definitely a book to be referred to again. Already looking forward to volume 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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