MRVP Exclusive: MRVP Behind the Camera

MR Insider behind the camera

You’ve asked us to share what it’s like to work at Model Railroader Video Plus, so that’s just what MRVP Contributing Editor Gerry Leone set out to do in this behind-the-scenes video! In this first of two episodes, follow along as Gerry focuses his cameras on David, Kent, Ben, and Jenny, as they hustle through […]

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Video: Z scale Cale, Bear Mountain & Harrisonville

Z scale Cale, Bear Mountain & Harrisonville

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Vern Sargent built his 2 x 3-foot Z scale layout in a closet. See some of the detailed scenes on the Cale, Bear Mountain & Harrisonville model railroad, which is inspired by the Monon and the Milwaukee Road in the 1940s and 1950s. […]

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Taking Care of Business: Hull-Oakes Lumber Co., Part 1

A rail worker steps onto the steps of a red-painted caboose in a rail yard.

Charlie Conway visits Oregon’s Hull-Oakes Lumber Company to explore an industry with historically strong ties to the railroads of North America. In this first of two TCB episodes, you’ll get to see exclusive insider views of the harvesting, hauling, and cutting processes in and around the sawmill. Plus, you’ll gain new appreciation of the people […]

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Climbing the grade on the AddleDoo Bush Tramway

Name: Rob Mackay-Wood Forum User Name: RobMW Railroad Name: AddleDoo Bush Tramway Location: Brisbane, Australia Scale: G Scale Theme: Bush Logging and Mining in Australia/New Zealand (Freelance) Description: In light of the October 2017 article in GRW on gradients, I thought this video of my Regner Lumberjack climbing a steep 11% grade (1:8.5) might be […]

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Video 101: Postproduction

a model train running on a garden railroad

“The trainyard is your media; the train is your story. Assemble the tracks you need. Then create the trains to run on them.” My Apple Store instructor was searching for an analogy for our class about movie making, not describing Southern Pacific operations. The resemblance worked for me. Postproduction Transforming our rough clips and music […]

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How-to Library: Weathering diesel locomotive details

Cody Grivno adds weathering effects to a model train.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page   As a follow-up to Cody Grivno’s initial video on adding realistic weathering effects to an out-of-the-box HO scale model, he now shows you how to apply additional effects to specific components of a hardworking diesel locomotive. Of course, the techniques Cody demonstrates […]

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