Basic Operation: Running the River Job

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Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Learn the basics of switchlists, car cards, station numbers and more as David Popp and Ben Lake take you with them to work the River Job. This is a local freight that works the industries along the Naugatuck River on David’s N scale […]

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Cody’s Workshop: Episode 4 – clear coat finish

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Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this video installment of Cody’s Workshop, Cody shares his technique for applying a clear-coat finish on one of the MR&T’s heritage locomotives. Along the way, he also demonstrates a handy clamp for scratchbuilding structure models, and shows how to remove and adjust […]

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Cody’s Workshop: Episode 4 – clear coat finish

Cody Grivno standing at his workbench

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this video installment of Cody’s Workshop, Cody shares his technique for applying a clear-coat finish on one of the MR&T’s heritage locomotives. Along the way, he also demonstrates a handy clamp for scratchbuilding structure models, and shows how to remove and adjust […]

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Kato N scale SD40-2 diesel locomotive

Kato N scale SD40-2 diesel locomotive

Kato N scale SD402 diesel locomotive When Electro-Motive Division ­introduced the SD40-2 in January 1972, it quickly became the most popular 6-axle road switcher in history, selling almost 4,000 units to numerous railroads across North America. Kato USA is reissuing an N scale model of the SD40-2 the company originally introduced in 2000. The SD40-2 […]

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Bluford Shops N scale modern caboose

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Bluford Shops N scale modern caboose A modern road caboose is the latest ready-to-run N scale model released by Bluford Shops. It’s modeled from one of the last new caboose designs built before changes in state laws allowed railroads to stop operating cabooses in the 1980s. The Missouri Pacific developed this short-body, bay-window road caboose […]

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Kato N scale North American suburban station

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Kato N scale North American suburban station Price: $79 Manufacturer Kato USA Inc. 100 Remington Rd. Schaumburg, IL 60173 www.katousa.com Era: Present Comments: Following the success of its modern commuter locomotives and passenger cars, Kato has added a contemporary N scale station to its product line. The injection-molded plastic kit, produced by German model manufacturer […]

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Video Step by Step: Building foam hills

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Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Video Step by Step takes you start to finish through a modeling project. In this installment, associate editor Cody Grivno shows you how to build easy tree-covered hills to fit between the tracks and your backdrop. […]

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Video Step by Step: Building foam hills

Cody Grivno standing in front of tracks.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page   Video Step by Step takes you start to finish through a modeling project. In this installment, associate editor Cody Grivno shows you how to build easy tree-covered hills to fit between the tracks and your backdrop. […]

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