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 passenger […]
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 […]
Walthers Proto 2000 EMD SD9 diesel locomotive I finally received the long awaited Walthers Part no. 920-41604 & 605 DCC and sound equipped SD9 locomotives. Unfortunately these were the units still being produced with the QSI decoder, not the Soundtraxx Tsunami future Proto products will use. I have a large fleet of sound-equipped locos from […]
Name: Corkscrew Gulch RR Layout designer: Bob McLaughlin Scale: HOn3 (1:87.1 on 3-foot gauge tracks) Size: 4 x 18 feet Prototype: freelance Locale: Colorado and New Mexico Era: 1940s through ’50s Style: walk-around Mainline run: 40 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared in the June 2012 issue […]
Name: Tennessee, Carolina & Coast Layout designer: Kent Roberts Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 28 x 32 feet Prototype: Tennessee Central Locale: eastern Tennessee Era: 1968 to 1972 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 340 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the June 2012 issue of Model Railroader. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
