Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Inspired by a recent Drew’s Trackside Adventures, MRVP’s David Popp aimed to design a layout that highlights the amazing scenery and railroad operation found in Canada’s Thompson and Fraser River Canyons. Ben Lake takes that scheme even further with this 3D rendering of […]
In just the second show (sponsored by The Letter “T”), it looks like our Talented host Gerry Leone has gone completely Off The Rails! Or maybe not? In this episode, Gerry seeks modeling inspiration from an egg carton and a bottle of Tenax, and soon finds several slick Tips, Tricks, and Tools. Keep up with […]
Master Model Railroader Gerry Leone brings his honed skills and a keen sense of humor back to MR Video Plus! In this series debut of Off The Rails with Gerry Leone, our pal Gerry (and assistant Loretta) highlights not one, not Two, but THREE great tools he’s discovered and uses often to make modeling efforts […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page For part two of the composite car weathering mini-series, David first shows how to use an airbrush to apply additional realistic effects. He then returns to the workbench to complete the weathering process using weathering powders. Watch to the end to see how […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Now that we’ve marshaled the locomotive and rolling stock for our HO scale Winston-Salem layout, it’s time to make them look like they’ve been busy haulin’ freight! In this initial video, David Popp shows how to apply realistic weathering effects to composite freight […]
A dry wash is a common scenic element in a desert landscape. Associate editor Steve Otte added this scenic element to the Model Railroader staff’s Eagle Mountain RR, as he describes in the June 2016 issue. In this video Steve describes scenicking the dry wash and building a Blair Line timber trestle for the main […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this final segment on making well-detailed foreground trees for our HO scale Winston-Salem project layout, David shows how to add a lush, realistic canopy to the plastic armature he assembled in the first video. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Every layout needs a hero — hero tree, that is! Even MRVP’s industry-oriented HO scale Winston-Salem project layout can use a few well-detailed or “heroic” trees in foreground areas. In this first of two videos, David shows the initial steps for building, shaping, […]
Progress on Steve Brown’s scratchbuilt N scale cement plant continues with our celebrated Regular Guy modeler working to add a few more components. All that before he puts quick coats of primer and paint on the assembled structure, and then sets it in place on his Port Smith harbor scene […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this final episode of the mini-series, Cody wraps up the project by adding grab irons, M.U. cables, and then applying a touch of paint. He then shows how to re-assemble the Athearn HO scale GP9 diesel locomotive before giving the custom-painted Winston-Salem […]
Associate editor Eric White provides an overview of how he used plaster rock castings on the HO scale Eagle Mountain RR. You’ll learn how rubber rock molds made it easy to add a realistically rugged terrain to the Model Railroader staff’s 2016 project model railroad. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody is working quickly toward outfitting our HO scale Winston-Salem GP9 diesel locomotive with the essential fine details and weathering effects. In this video, he shares how he touched up minor flaws in the decal application and added a few more detail parts. […]
