Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this video, Kent Johnson shares techniques he uses to transform the stacks of flexible foam blocks into a more natural, gradually sloping mountainside on MRVP’s On30 Olympia Logging Co. display-style layout. You’ll see how to work with a handy hot wire cutting […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this video, Kent Johnson shares techniques he uses to transform the stacks of flexible foam blocks into a more natural, gradually sloping mountainside on MRVP’s On30 Olympia Logging Co. display-style layout. You’ll see how to work with a handy hot wire cutting […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Hal Miller brings Model Railroader magazine editor Neil Besougloff and Classic Toy Trains magazine associate editor Bob Keller to the table to talk tinplate trains. The guys discuss their on-going affinity for vintage toy trains, accessories, and the simple, yet accessible, mechanisms […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Hal Miller brings Model Railroader magazine editor Neil Besougloff and Classic Toy Trains magazine associate editor Bob Keller to the table to talk tinplate trains. The guys discuss their on-going affinity for vintage toy trains, accessories, and the simple, yet accessible, mechanisms […]
The September 2014 issue’s Collectible Classic discusses this interesting boxcar. Joe Algozzini provides detailed information about the variations of this car. […]
The September 2014 issue’s Collectible Classic discusses this interesting boxcar. Joe Algozzini provides detailed information about the variations of this car. […]
Before adding scenery to our On30 Olympia Logging Co. display-style layout, MRVP’s Kent Johnson first builds up the terrain using sections of flexible foam from Woodland Scenics. In this video, Kent shows viewers how easy it is to form sloped terrain along the painted backdrop — all without creating the mess typically associated with foam […]
Before adding scenery to our On30 Olympia Logging Co. display-style layout, MRVP’s Kent Johnson first builds up the terrain using sections of flexible foam from Woodland Scenics. In this video, Kent shows viewers how easy it is to form sloped terrain along the painted backdrop — all without creating the mess typically associated with foam […]
SWOON FOR MAROON: Lehigh Valley F3s return to the MTH Premier line with the no. 20-20401 F3 A-B-A set. The O gauge outfit features can-style motors, coil couplers, directional lighting, a smoke unit, and ProtoSound 3.0. The set will operate on O-31 curves. The current MTH catalog also lists the nos. 20402-1 Great Northern, 20403-1 […]
Price: no. 1640 powered A unit (two road numbers) $499.95, unpowered B units (two road numbers) $219.95 Features: O-36 operation (A unit), O-45 operation (B unit); two can-style motors; Lionel TrainMaster and RailSounds; speed control; coil coupler; smoke unit Current-production road names: Burlington Route, Chicago & North Western, Great Northern, Jersey Central, Missouri-Kansas-Texas, and Union […]
O gauge Premier line SD70ACe diesel by MTH Price: no. 20-20273 powered: $459.95, unpowered $269.95 Features: See review. O gauge RailKing line SD70ACe diesel by MTH Price: no. 30-20136-1 powered: $329.95 Features: See review. Current Premier and RailKing line Heritage road names (SD70ACe): Erie, Illinois Terminal, Jersey Central, Lackawanna, New York Central, Penn Central, Reading, […]
In this video, Ben Lake completes the assembly of a laser-cut wood structure for MRVP’s On30 Olympia Logging Co. display-style layout. Ben shows viewers just how easy it is to build up a basic kit and add the details that make it look like an authentic structure for the mountain scenery we’ll prepare next! […]
