Downloadable Documents

This page contains quick access to NASG documentation, as well as articles and presentations that modelers have made available to us to share with the wider S community. Feel free to contact the webmaster to offer yours.

Contact person: webmaster

Click the file to have your web browser download or display the file (depends on which web browser you are using, which optional add-ons you have installed, and which operating system your computer is using). For PDF files, we recommend either of the following reader applications, if you don't already have one installed:

• Sumatra PDF
• Adobe Acrobat Reader

Articles & Presentations

Battery Power

• Better Off Dead Rail (PDF, small) by Darby Marriott
• Dead Rail User Profiles (PDF, small) by Darby Marriott
• The S-CAB System (PDF, small) by Peter Vanvliet

Building Cars & Engines

• Adding Passengers To American Models Budd Cars (PDF, very large) by Bill Novak
• Building Models in Brass Using Soldering Techniques (hand-out) (PDF, tiny) by Andy Malette
• Building Models in Brass Using Soldering Techniques (PDF, small) by Andy Malette

Layouts

• Adventures in Modular Railroading (PowerPoint, medium) by Andy Malette
• Building, Transporting, and Presenting Portable Model Railroads (PDF, tiny) by Andy Malette and Jim Martin
• Building the Calabash Terminal Rail Road (MOV - video version of PowerPoint presentation, small) by Monte Heppe
• DCC Concept & Layout Design (PDF, small) by Dave Heine
• Landscape Scenery (PowerPoint, large) by Willy Monaghan

Photography

• A Model Railroader's Guide to Digital Photography (PDF, small) by Brooks Stover
• Creating Well Focused Layout Photos With An iPhone (PDF, small) by Brooks Stover

Structures

• Building Wood-framed Structures (PowerPoint, large) by Brooks Stover
• How to Imagineer and Build Structures (PDF, large) by Dick Karnes

NASG - General

• Membership Application Form (PDF document; updated September 17, 2024)
  - please discard all older versions as they are obsolete.
  - use this also for mail-in membership renewals, expired or not.
• NASG QR Code (PDF document)
• NASG QR Code (png image file)

NASG - Contests

At the annual NASG Convention, official modeling contests are held. If you attend the Convention, you can take part in these contests. All the documents you need to be able to participate are provided here.

• NASG Contest Definitions
• NASG Contest Judging Instructions
• NASG Contest Rules
• NASG Contest Entry Form

NASG - Conventions

Documents for hosting an NASG Convention are now available via the Members Only portal.

NASG - Support for Clubs

• NASG Club Banner Order Form
• NASG Publications Order Form

NASG - Library

The NASG Library information is available via the Members Only portal.

Modules

For any of our S-MOD documentation, see the dedicated S-MOD Modules page.

Model Manuals

See our Product Notes section of this web site, which provides all sorts of information as well as the manuals and instruction sheets (where available).