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Old 10-09-2018, 05:28 AM
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Your outline is ambitious and I sense that it will be a labour of love. I wish you every success in your endeavour. And I'd love to see a copy when it's done.
It's been a while writing anything substantial, so I went with the layout that was familiar to me and that is one of a scholarly paper. I'll have to slice it into more discrete chapters or sections once I have amassed enough text.

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If I may suggest, have a glossary section that gives brief definitions of different terms that are commonly used in model (especially paper model) building.
Definitely. I am trying to figure out a way for the material to be self-referential (I had a discrete math book back in the day that pulled it off and it was one of the best text books I've ever encountered.) But I think I'm going to have to rely upon a glossary as you suggest.

@trainfanM - Agreed on the detail of the research.

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I think this would be of great help to all paper model builders, you can never know too much, a section on wheels....always a problem.
I guess I don't have much issue with wheels. I just kind of "make them happen". What difficulties do you encounter with them? I think the toughest ones I did were for a 1/6 1910 Harley.
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Old 10-09-2018, 05:42 AM
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A very ambitious project and I wish you all the best.

How about including a bibliography of websites, On line resources, Search terms to find on line material.
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A very ambitious project and I wish you all the best.

How about including a bibliography of websites, On line resources, Search terms to find on line material.
I thought of including a bibliography of sources... but I think that list will end up being very long and get long very fast. Though, I might do it for the topics I cover.

The idea of search terms for research is a good idea.
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Extra steps?

Printing two parts pages using one in this instance for flat surface planking.

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A second parts page helps understanding the instruction page during build
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On making flanged wheels for loco's and trams, putting on the tread always seems to be a difficult job to get everything perfectly round and square to the axle. Spoked wheels are even more difficult. I have seen those Harley wheels, scary things.
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Add spray adhesives for laminating.
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Old 10-10-2018, 05:12 AM
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On making flanged wheels for loco's and trams, putting on the tread always seems to be a difficult job to get everything perfectly round and square to the axle. Spoked wheels are even more difficult. I have seen those Harley wheels, scary things.
Let me add that to my list and I'll see what I can say about it.
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Add spray adhesives for laminating.
I was planning on covering that in the lamination section. Good call.
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Just to give a heads up... I am continuing on with this project. I have 60 pages so far and I'm maybe 1/3 of the way through the outline.
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Sounds as if you're really covering the art David. Will the book have pictures or will it be prmarily text?
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