Model Railroader Video Plus (MRVideoPlus.com) creator and Trains.com Executive Producer David Popp takes viewers into the depths of a hobby haven — otherwise know as his basement. From his Safer-at-Home confines, David shares a quick tour of his recently remodeled home, including expanded, underground layout and storage spaces. Don’t miss these special MRVP Insider glimpses […]
Classic Toy Trains Senior Editor Roger Carp rejoins show host John Truckenbrod to inspect Lionel Corporation flatcar loads, namely Allis-Chalmers bulldozers and earth scrapers. For even more coverage of this topic, be sure to read the May 2020 issue of CTT! […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Work on the Jones Island section of our HO scale Milwaukee, Racine, & Troy layout continues — even when the cameras stop rolling! In this is impromptu, end-of-the-work-week update, David Popp sheds light on his efforts to salvage the existing water scenery, and […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Group Technical Editor Cody Grivno has a variety of new HO and N scale model railroad products to show you this month, including an HO scale power plant with lighting from Menards. He’ll also answer a question about finding the front end of […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page A superdetailed HO scale GE B36-7 from Rapido Trains highlights this episode of Cody’s Office. Group Technical Editor Cody Grivno takes this ESU LokSound-equipped locomotive to the Model Railroader staff’s Wisconsin & Southern model train layout for a quick demo. In addition to […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Reduce, reuse, recycle isn’t always a practical or common practice in model railroading. Even so, David and Cody are willing to put in a hardy, hands-on effort to reclaim the original trackwork from the Jones Island section of our HO scale Milwaukee, Racine, […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Recently, Group Technical Editor Cody Grivno and Editor Carl Swanson hosted the Model Railroader segment of Product Palooza down in the workshop. Watch Cody and Carl as they go over the details of some new WalthersMainline HO scale boxcars. Enjoy these highlights from […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page See and hear a new ESU LokSound-equipped N scale GE Dash 9-44CW from ScaleTrains.com in Cody’s Office, part 2 for February 2020. You’ll also learn about a new HO caboose from Atlas and a new rail-served industry title from Kalmbach Books. At the […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of IMRR, host Steve Brown works on his N scale Port Smith to paint, weather, and ballast the trackwork, add a grade crossing, repaint the pavement, install structures, and lay down the base for the river. All this is done […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Gerry can’t get enough of the time-tested, helpful modeling suggestions offered up by Model Railroader magazine readers from the early days of the hobby. Don’t be surprised if you discover just how useful many of these construction tricks still are today! […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s Kathy Millatt shares a simple way to model an icy shoreline on her HO scale (1:87.1) wintry diorama. Even better, Kathy’s technique doesn’t require a single drop of resin to create ultra-realistic frozen effects! […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP reboots the popular Rehab My Railroad series with a new project effort on Model Railroader magazine’s HO scale Milwaukee, Racine, & Troy (MR&T) model railroad. Reality quickly sets in when top-notch modelers David Popp and Cody Grivno start sizing up Jones Island […]
