How to tap screw holes

Tapping a screw hole in piece of rolling stock

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Tapping screw holes is an important skill for a model railroader, especially when it comes to adding trucks or couplers to a resin freight car kit. Follow Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno as he shows you how to easily use a tap […]

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How to work with static grass

Cody Grivno next to layou

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to work with static grass using a Noch Gras-Master Static Grass Applicator. […]

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What is a wristpin?

With so much talk about Union Pacific’s effort to restore Big Boy steam locomotive No. 4014, the world wants to know … what is a wristpin? Listen in as UP steam boss Ed Dickens Jr. talks about this 50-pound plus hunk of metal without which a live, steaming Big Boy would grind to a halt. […]

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Video: Model Railroad Planning 2014 issue preview

Model Railroad Planning 2014 issue preview

Model Railroad Planning editor Tony Koester provides highlights of this year’s issue. Featured layouts include an exquisite HO scale model of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal and a spectacular N scale Southern Pacific Siskiyou Line. There’s even a cylindrical layout as well as five compact model railroads in 4 scales that fit in a 14 […]

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Video: Building a 5 x 8 harbor railroad part 4

Steve Otte working on a model house.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Structures and trackwork dominate this episode of the Model Railroader staff’s Rice Harbor video journal. Associate editor Steve Otte describes the lighthouse for Rice Harbor. Steve built the structure from a Branchline Trains kit, and the model also features a working beacon. Editor […]

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