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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Follow associate editor Cody Grivno as he shows you how to make a model railroad scenery base using cardboard strips and plaster cloth. You’ll also see the latest model railroading products to arrive at the Model Railroader offices, including an HO scale […]
In the June 2012 Model Railroader managing editor David Popp describes how to install a Model Rectifier Corp. (MRC) no. 0001957 Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder into a Kato N scale F7A diesel locomotive model. Watch a demonstration of the DCC sound equipped models, as they haul the Kato N scale El Capitan around […]
The streamlined Burlington Zephyr from Con-Cor International features a working Mars light and a Digitrax Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. You can see and hear this new HO scale model train as it runs along the Model Railroader staff’s club layout, the Milwaukee Racine & Troy. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Expert model railroader Pelle Søeborg added an animated grade crossing signal with flashing lights, gates, and sound to his HO scale model railroad. Pelle models the modern-era Union Pacific on his model train layout. See a Digital Command Control (DCC) sound equipped locomotive […]
It’s weathering time on the Model Railroader staff’s HO scale Virginian Ry. Associate editor Cody Grivno shows you his techniques for weathering the freight train cars on the model railroad. He’ll also show you how to use an airbrush to realistically weather a diesel locomotive model. All those weathered coal hoppers need loads, so managing […]
In this Virginian Ry. video journal, Model Railroader managing editor David Popp shows you step by step how to install realistic ground cover on a model train layout. David has installed the station at Rogers Yard. You’ll learn about the model railroad scenery products and techniques that he used to finish the scene. […]
In this last installment of the Virginian Ry. video journal, you’ll learn about the operating sequence for this HO scale model railroad. Follow along as Model Railroader staff members show you how to operate the model train layout. You can also see some of the prototypical paperwork used during the operating session. […]
This HO scale Alco C-630M diesel locomotive model from Bowser Trains features a SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. See and hear this locomotive as it hauls a freight train through Bay Junction on the Model Railroader club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
This Union Pacific Challenger from Lionel offers S gaugers a highly detailed, articulated loco that possesses the most advanced electronics in the S gauge world. […]
Scenery work continues to progress rapidly on the HO scale Virginian Ry. model train layout. Model Railroader managing editor David Popp works on dirt roads and a river, while editor Neil Besougloff describes his strategy for planting trees on this model railroad. Senior editor Jim Hediger gives you a tour of his kitbashed coal mine […]
Sculptamold and rubber rocks have been installed on the model railroad’s scenery base. Model Railroader‘s editor Neil Besougloff will show you how to make puffball trees to model a forest canopy on a model railroad. Senior editor Jim Hediger describes his kitbashing strategy for the large coal mine planned for the model train layout. Other […]
Learn more about the scenery and structures on the HO scale Virginian Ry. built by the staff of Model Railroader magazine. Associate editor Cody Grivno shows you the Virginian freight house and some of the signs he made for the model railroad. Managing editor David Popp also shares his final mix for modeling the muddy […]
