Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows you how to use Floquil enamel paint markers to weather track. […]
How to weather model railroad track
Section: How To
Video: How to model a wire fence line
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to model a wire fence. […]
Basic Operation: Running the River Job
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 […]
Basic Training: Checking and adjusting coupler height
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Couplers are what hold the cars together on a model railroad. They can also cause problems if they are not set properly. Cody Grivno shows you how to check to make sure your couplers are in good working order, and what to do […]
FasTrack on a tabletop
Layout designer: Terry Thompson Scale: O Layout size: 12 x 12 feet Track type: Lionel FasTrack Minimum curve: O-36 Originally appeared in the July 2013 issue of Classic Toy Trains. FasTrack on a tabletop FasTrack on a tabletop schematic FasTrack on a tabletop components […]
How to model water with resin
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows you how to model a water scene using a two-part resin called Magic Water by Unreal Details. […]
Model Railroader basic training video: Quick model railroad scenery
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows you how to add ground cover and other easy scenery techniques to your model train layout. […]
Thin Branch Series: Benchwork part 4 – Fascia
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In the fourth and final benchwork video for our Thin Branch Project Railroad, David adds the fascia to the HO layout using tempered hardboard. This technique can be used on any model railroad. […]
Thin Branch Series: Benchwork part 3 – plywood subroadbed
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this video episode of our Thin Branch HO scale project railroad, the layout gets its plywood subroadbed installed. David shows you how to mark and cut the plywood for smooth transitions between the levels and support it with simple risers made from […]
Build a small firehouse in 1:29 scale
This 150-year-old fire house is still standing today in Galena, Illinois. It was the home of the Galena Volunteer Fire Co., which was organized on February 1, 1830. Today it is not in use as a fire house but has been converted to a museum. Download the PDF of this project here. This PDF is […]
How to use sedum in your railroad garden
Got a brown thumb? Need low, rugged groundcover? Here’s a botanical group of succulents with more than 400 varieties—sedums. Common names include “live forever” and “stonecrop” but most gardeners call them sedum (rhymes with “can’t beat ’em”). In this column you’ll see foliage colors that range like a rainbow, from red to purple and even […]
Build a liquid-asphalt transfer terminal
Pelle Søeborg shows how he scratchbuilt a liquid-asphalt transfer terminal in the June 2013 Model Railroader. Back in the February 1994, Clyde Maybee Jr. showed how he modeled the industry on his layout. Click on the link to download a PDF of the original article. […]
