In addition, the book provides layout plans and ideas based on real-life prototypes specifically tailored to scratch builders. It also includes numerous modelling projects, complete with dioramas of canal wharfs and estuary ports, supported by over 400 step-by-step colour photographs, drawings, and track plans. Lastly, the book explores modelling and painting techniques that can be used to create realistic-looking water and how models can be made more convincing by adding appropriate colour and weathering.