We couldn't be more pleased with the reviews of the Hume Climax A book that have appeared recently in the leading American magazines for our hobby. First, David Brush, the Editor of Live Steam & Outdoor Railroading, writing in the January/February 2018 issue begins with "This remarkable new publication...".  In his article we find: ..."excellent step-by-step guide"... "detailed instructions written in an easy-to-read style, beautiful drawings created with 3D CAD software, and sharp, well-lit photos." ... "very enjoyable read" ... and so forth. We could hardly imagine how the review could be more positive. Thank you David! But the good news does not end there. Later in the month we received the Winter 2017 issue of Digital Machinist magazine with a 3 page review by Mike Massee.  Mike is a Contributing…

We're pretty excited to be publishing Ed Hume's new book on the Climax A locomotive model.  The metalworking hobby has not seen anything like it.  You might call it a next-generation Kozo book.  Here we have a wealth of drawings, photos, and notes that we have all enjoyed with Kozo Hiraoka's books, combined with new techniques and advice to apply modern CNC machining to the challenges of model building.  Also worthy of mention is that the book is published in color.  There are 358 color photographs and more than 650 drawings spanning 268 pages. The author uses an interesting artifice for storytelling.  Accompanying the detailed drawings and fabrication notes there are learning experiences and anecdotes that are told as they occur on the campus of Live Steam University.  This creates a human interest story element as the reader follows…