Name: Robert Mayer Railroad Name: Robert Mayer Location: Colorado Scale: 3 Rail O Theme: Mountain railroading Description: This layout is being built by Jim Guy. The scenery, track plan and lighting make it a joy to photograph. I can’t wait until it’s completed. […]
CSX Transportation local D743 heads north into Deshler, Ohio, to run around its train and head back south to Lima on Feb. 18, 2018. Photo by Joe Kohnen […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Michael Hardwick built a traverser track from 3-D printer parts, an Arduino microcontroller, and other low-cost electronics. See the push-button controlled traverser in action on Michael’s N scale layout in this video. […]
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“Aria” wrote in, asking how to get sharply focused videos that reveal the road names on his rolling stock. His question appears here: http://cs.trains.com/grw/f/91/t/268387.aspx With some excellent comments by forum moderator Tom Trigg, and some research, we realized that sharper images of both prototype and model trains challenge our skills and our equipment. With professional […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP All-Stars Cody Grivno and Ben Lake get back to installing the roadway section representing the Trans-Canada Highway. After Ben prepares the pavement, Cody then shows how to groom the shoulders, place safety barriers, and add scenery textures between the rocks and the […]
In this installment of our O gauge City Terminal & Transfer Railway series, Kent expands The Big City limits by extending the elevated sections over the tracks and out to the edge of the layout. After that, he then fills in a few gaps with yet another type of foam! […]
Name: Paul Smith Railroad Name: Bagley Mountain Division of the Maine Central Railroad Location: Lincoln, Maine Scale: 1:29 to 1:24 Theme: Freight operations on the Maine Central Railroad in the 1970s. Description: Fright train of the Maine Central Railroad in the early 1970s. […]
Name: Paul Smith Forum User Name: Paul Smith Railroad Name: Bagley Mountain Division of the Maine Central Railroad Location: Lincoln, Maine Scale: 1:29 to 1:24 Theme: Freight operations on the Maine Central Railroad in the 1970s. Description: Freight operations on the Bagley Mountain Division of the Maine Central Railroad […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Kick off summer with the June episode of Cody’s Office. This month Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno will show you big steam in HO scale, a big diesel in N scale, and much more. Later, Cody joins senior editor Dana Kawala down […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode, host Cody Grivno presents his techniques for using an airbrush and water-slide decals to add realistic weathering effects to the five units of a Kato N scale articulated well car set. Along the way, he’ll also share plenty of modeling […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page From the biggest blades to sharp-edge, foil-cutting snippets, host Gerry Leone trims the topic of hobby saws down to size! Watch this episode of OTR to learn which saws make Gerry’s cut of the ideal products to keep at your workbench or layout. […]
