Take a look at Big Boy No. 4018 at the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco, Texas, with Trains correspondent Hayley Enoch and museum President Bob LaPrelle. You’ll learn what makes the Lone Star State’s lone preserved Big Boy special! For more Big Boy video, check out Big Boy: On the Road to Restoration, […]
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Note: This article originally appeared in the June 2013 Model Railroader. Mike updated his plan and wrote a followup story in the July 2018 issue. Ever since receiving my first Hornby train set as a child in 1954, my modeling interests were focused on the railways of my home country, Great Britain. About 10 years […]
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Name: JANIS ROGUSKIE Railroad Name: Reading Lines Location: Pennsylvania Scale: O Gauge Theme: Reading Company Description: What better to do on a rainy Saturday afternoon than to run some trains. It’s been a fruitful modeling season (January to March) for me and many of my modeling efforts are on the layout in this video. A […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP all-star Jenny Maaske gets into the scenery-making mode! After Drew and Kent tackle terrain coverage, Jenny shares her techniques for forming the endless forest of trees required to fill our N scale (1:160) Canadian Canyons project layout. […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page What’s new in Cody’s Office? Check out sound-equipped Pennsy E units in HO from Walthers, MR&T cabooses in N from Atlas, and more in this month’s episode. Down in the Model Railroader workshop associate editor Cody Grivno also gives you tips for adding […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody continues working in his emergency grain car project. This time he’s showing a few more painting and weathering techniques used to give the plastic parts the look of real wood. […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this BONUS episode, Gerry Leone continues to celebrate the second anniversary of Off The Rails airing exclusively on MRVideoPlus.com! Look for more fun and prizes to keep the party rolling. […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Although Gerry’s own workshop “staff” isn’t very motivated, that doesn’t mean he can’t still celebrate the second anniversary of Off The Rails airing exclusively on MRVideoPlus.com! Join Gerry having fun looking at your comments and suggestions spawned from previous episodes of his helpful […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Dana Kawala, senior editor for Model Railroader magazine, recently got his hands on a unique product, the ProtoThrottle from Iowa Scaled Engineering. Watch this video to see how Dana uses the ProtoThrottle’s realistically modeled levers, buttons, and dials to enhance the operation of […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Kathy Millatt shows you how to build a better-looking boggy area to compliment the forests on your layout. Her secret to success in this scene is a base application of brown floor grout. Watch and learn the tips and tricks she employs […]
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MRVP Insider host Jenny Maaske shares what’s coming to Model Railroader Video Plus in May 2018! Look for new episodes of your favorite series hosted by MRVP Contributors Gerry Leone, Kathy Millatt, and Charlie Conway. Of course, David, Cody, and Drew will show up too… but only if you’re a subscriber to the MRVideoPlus.com website! […]
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Kent Johnson and CTT’s Bob Keller lay it all on the line, as they work to assemble the main line using Lionel FasTrack O gauge components. Watch to see how they plot the course from the plan (printed in the pages of Classic Toy Trains magazine) to the pink foamboard tabletop, and then wire the […]
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