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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In the second stage of preparation for our operating session, David shows how to position cars and their paperwork at the industries and tracks on our HO scale Beer Line layout. Also in this video, David looks at the various jobs on the […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page David has completed preparations for the Beer Line HO scale operating session. Now it’s time to start the session into motion so you can watch and learn how the car movements on the railroad fit into specific job tasks. The first job you’ll […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Happy holidays from Cody’s Office. Associate editor Cody Grivno heads down to the Model Railroader workshop to show you the basics of setting up a holiday train set. He’ll also give you a quick demo of a SoundTraxx-equipped Athearn HO scale SD39 diesel […]
Host Gerry Leone introduces one handy dandy tool with a couple clever model railroad applications. In this episode, he’ll show and share how an inexpensive pounce wheel can make your modeling efforts more efficient and more accurate too! […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this MRVP vintage how-to video, host Wayne Wesolowski demonstrates smart techniques for trimming and then applying glue to wood parts. Wayne also shares tips for assembling structure components. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP Video Vault host Allen Keller tours Rick Spano’s Sceniced & Undecided N scale layout featuring numerous animated scenes. […]
In this concluding episode of MRVP’s Digital Command Control installation series, David Popp teams up with DCC Programming host Dana Kawala to demonstrate how to add wireless throttles to a large layout. With the railroad untethered, David offers a final overview of the upgrades he made to our HO scale Beer Line layout throughout the […]
Don’t miss the latest Model Railroader staff project layout series, beginning in the January 2017 issue. The staffs adds the Snake Track branch to its popular HO scale Milwaukee Road Beer Line layout. Get highlights of the new addition, including a look at the various trackside industries and structures, with associate editor Eric White. […]
Pro Grass Micro Applicator, $109.99; static grass, $6.99 (.7 ounce bag) to $22.99 (3.5 ounce bag); grass tufts, $8.99 to $10.99 Peco, a manufacturer long known for producing track in Z, N, HO, O, and large scales and structures in N, HO, and O, recently entered the scenery market. The initial offerings in the Peco […]
Kato HO scale GE C44-9W For more than 20 years, the General Electric C44-9W, the most popular locomotive of GE’s Dash 9 series, has maintained a dominating presence on North American main lines. The prototypes were only a couple years old when Kato released its first HO scale Dash 9, reviewed in the September 1996 […]
Rapido’s N scale EMD FL9 A split die-cast metal frame surrounds the motor and flywheels. Driveshafts transfer power to the trucks, driving four of the five axles, just like the prototype. N scale modelers who want to model commuter operations on the New York, New Haven & Hartford don’t have to pine for the HO […]
WalthersMainline HO 53-foot Thrall corrugated-side gondola Price: $24.98 Manufacturer Wm. K. Walthers Inc. 5601 W. Florist Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53218 www.walthers.com Road names: Great Northern; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Burlington Northern; Conrail; Southern Pacific; and Union Pacific Era: Late 1960s to 1990s Comments: Walthers is offering a ready-to-run version of the HO scale Thrall […]
