The theme of this yearbook is developing a branch line model railway for a spare room using the Operation Build It layout as its basis. This includes 'how to' features on open frame baseboards, digital wiring, rolling stock detailing and more together with historical features on branch line operations in the 1950s and 1960s.

Master Modeler is a Kodansha International publication.

This classic work is now reissued with an additional 16-page colour section showing much pre- and post-war equipment arranged in working layouts.

High school sweethearts Lea and Dan are finally getting married--and no one's surprised. After all, they're both perfect--so perfect that their "friends" can't help but be reminded how screwed up they are in comparison, in this novel of growing up and moving on.

The name Hornby means different things to different people. To some, it is the large 0 gauge metal trains mainly of the interwar period. To others, it is the 00 scale Hornby Dublo trains which were at their peak in the 1950s. This is an account of the fortunes, successes and occasional failures of the Hornby model railway brand.