On the Right Lines
On the Right Lines
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Chris Rayward has been a model engineer for most of his life. Being encouraged to save for a lathe when he was 14, the book tells the story of his formative years and early hobbies, his widespread experiences as a youngster in Australia and his subsequent technical achievements as a qualified mechanical engineer.
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On the Right Lines by Chris Rayward
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Chris Rayward is a practical model maker and engineer. He owns Hotspur Designs, selling locomotive drawings and materials to his designs for other model engineers. Many of these designs have been published in the modelling press, as well as featuring on his own website (www.hotspurdesigns.net)
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9781788038072 |
| ISBN 10 | 178803807X |
| Titre | On the Right Lines |
| Auteur | Chris Rayward |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Troubador Publishing |
| Année de publication | 2018-01-28 |
| Nombre de pages | 128 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |