Willamette No. 17 hauls a string of loaded log cars to the operating log dump on the HO scale Arcadia & Betsey River Ry. […]
Member video: Arcadia & Betsey River Ry. layout tour, part 2
Section: Trains Video
Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Painting an EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, Part 7 – Fine detail painting
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody is working quickly toward outfitting our HO scale Winston-Salem GP9 diesel locomotive with the essential fine details and weathering effects. In this video, he shares how he touched up minor flaws in the decal application and added a few more detail parts. […]
Member video: Southern Pacific at Quisling, Calif.
Brian Moore added an extra four feet of boards to both ends of his module to make it 24 feet long. More industry and MoW at one end and some street running at the other. […]
Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Painting an EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, Part 6 – Applying front end decals
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page With the long hood stripes in place, Cody now turns to applying decals on the short hood and cab of our HO scale Winston-Salem diesel locomotive. Check out the techniques that make this effort go smoothly and yield great results! […]
Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for February 2016
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Several new locomotives and freight cars arrived at the Model Railroader offices this month, including new modern-era diesels from Wm. K. Walthers and Kato USA. You’ll even get a quick demo of the SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC)-equipped Walthers locomotive. Associate editor Cody […]
Rehab My Railroad Sidetrack Series: Madison Depot, Part 4 – Chat with Chuck
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Now that the walls and windows are taking shape, David takes a moment to give layout owner Chuck Sable a progress report on his Madison depot. […]
Rehab My Railroad Sidetrack Series: Madison Depot, Part 5 – Taking a header
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this installment, David starts working on some of the architectural details that give the depot its distinctive appearance. Follow along as David shows how he made custom headers over the arched windows. […]
Rehab My Railroad Sidetrack Series: Madison Depot, Part 2 – Stitching windows
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of David Popp’s mini-series video blog, he shares a tried and true technique for assembling a custom array of windows. Of course, the technique will also work for making custom wall sections! […]
Rehab My Railroad Sidetrack Series: Madison Depot, Part 3 – Forming walls and windows
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page After making modifications to the large windows he assembled in the previous episode, David goes on to show how he formed new wall sections that fit neatly into the wall parts from the original Walthers structure kit. […]
Rehab My Railroad: Episode 6
In this episode, Chuck, Drew, and David Popp dig into the street lighting project. On the other side of the layout, Cody Grivno gets things rolling on a gravel lot upgrade project. But while things are ramping up on both efforts, Chuck and Drew take a few moments to run the railroad. And you won’t […]
MRVP Video Vault – Airbrushing for Model Railroaders: Model prep and single-color painting
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this vintage video, Model Railroader magazine’s Jim Hediger first walks through techniques you can use to clean a model before painting it. Then, MR’s Gordy Odegard shares his techniques for using an airbrush for priming and painting a single-color model. […]
Member video: Ride along the N scale Southbay Western
Bill Fagan posted this video of Steve Kibort’s N scale Southbay Western. Featured in the January 2016 Model Railroader, this 8 x 8-foot N scale layout features two decks connected by a helix. […]
