Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page With the upper level framing in place, it’s now time for David to build out the plywood platform for our N scale Canadian Canyons layout. Once in this subroadbed is attached, David can then turn his attention to completing the trackwork and installing […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Follow associate editor Cody Grivno down to the Model Railroader staff’s HO scale layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy, as he shows you how to install a Berrett Hill Trains Touch Toggle to control a Tortoise by Circuitron turnout switch machine. Cody will […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page All filler, zero fluff in this episode of Off The Rails! This month, host Gerry Leone devoted an entire show to discussing how to fill those unsightly cracks, gaps, and seams on our assembled kits and models. As usual, you’ll be surprised where […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page World-renowned UK modeler and YouTube sensation Kathy Millatt shares her scenery-making talents, tips, and techniques in this MRVP-exclusive episode of Let’s Make A Scene! In Kathy’s MRVP debut, you’ll see a bit of her HO scale New Haven layout, before she demonstrates how […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of The Roundhouse, host Hal Miller, along with guests MR Contributing Editor Tony Koester and MRVP Producer David Popp, offer insights on how to keep the hobby “fresh” throughout years of involvement. Build a new layout? Pick a new scale? […]
In Part 1, MRVP’s Gerry Leone shared what it’s like to work with the MRVP staff in a typical week. Now he wants you to see exactly who makes up the MRVP Crew! In this exclusive Insider video, Gerry turns the cameras on the folks normally behind the cameras (plus producing, editing, publishing, etc.) of […]
No spooky scare tactics from host Jenny Maaske for this October 2017 edition of MRVP Insider. It’s all treats, in the form of fresh videos, for Model Railroader Video Plus subscribers! Jenny previews new content from Charlie Conway (Taking Care of Business), David Popp (Canadian Canyons Series), Gerry Leone (Off The Rails), and Bob Keller […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page With just a tad more trackwork required to finish off the upper level of our Canadian Canyons N scale layout, David Popp stumbles into a tricky patch where the main section connects with the detachable lobe. No worries, David shows you a bulletproof […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Another video on trackwork? Well, YES! This time David wanted to be sure you saw a couple techniques that weren’t addressed in the previous videos of our N scale Canadian Canyons Series. First up, David shows how to install a Tortoise by Circuitron […]
To continue the exclusive visit to Hull-Oakes Lumber Company, Charlie Conway follows sawmill operations from the point logs arrive at the plant through the point they’re processed into timbers used for railroad trestle construction. […]
Take a look at the Albany & Eastern’s March 2017 excursion between Lebanon and Sweet Home, Ore., coinciding with the annual Winterail multimedia show and sale in nearby Corvallis. You’ll see the privately owned and restored Southern Pacific SD9 No. 5399 and the short line’s own power with an eclectic mix of passenger equipment. Also […]
Work continues on Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis No. 576! Restoration of this fabled 4-8-4 continues in Nashville’s Centennial Park while organizers raise money to relocate the engine to a shop. A matching challenge grant through the end of 2017 will boost the project. Organizer Shane Meador explains the latest developments for “the stripe.” For […]
