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In this episode of DCC Programming, hosts Dana Kawala and Ben Lake walk through the steps required to turn your smart phone into a wireless DCC throttle. The guys use MR’s MR&T HO scale layout to demonstrate the essential components, connections, and JMRI DecoderPro (WiThrottle) setup. You’ll even get to see how universal consisting works […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Walls and windows are painted on David Popp’s HO scale Madison depot. Now see how he installs the panes, and then adds glazing to complete the windows for this signature structure from MRVP’s Rehab My Railroad series. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s David Popp puts finishing touches of paint on the passenger shelters and platforms surrounding the Madison depot. And then, in this final installment of the Rehab My Railroad Sidetrack Series, you’ll see how the finished components will all fit together on Chuck […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of Rehab My Railroad, the crew’s efforts are headed for the homestretch on Chuck Sable’s HO scale model railroad. Things are shaping up in a cozy corner of the layout, as the entire crew (Drew, Chuck, Cody, David, Ben, Jenny, […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This Video Vault series begins with host Allen Keller welcoming scenery-building experts Dave Frary and Malcolm Furlow to share their theories and practical insights on making realistic model railroad scenes. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Follow along with host Allen Keller as he tours Bruce Chubb’s HO Scale Sunset Valley Railroad, a freelanced basement layout that’s fully signaled and well-suited for realistic operations! […]
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 encore appearance, Model Railroader magazine’s retired senior editor Jim Hediger pops back into the MRVP studio to re-tell a story about Ann Arbor Railroad’s Viking car ferry concluding one particular trip across Lake Michigan. Related Topics: railfan […]
WalthersMainline HO EMD SD70ACe diesel locomotive Engineer’s side of the WalthersMainline HO scale EMD SD70ACe diesel locomotive Rooftop view of the Walthers Mainline HO scale EMD SD70ACe Wm. K. Walthers has a treat for fans of modern motive power: an attractively priced HO scale Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACe, ready to detail and weather. Part of the […]
Broadway Limited Imports N scale Baldwin Centipede diesel locomotive Riding on 12 axles and 20 feet longer than an Electro-Motive Division E8, the Baldwin DR-12-8-1500/2 earned its “Centipede” nickname. Broadway Limited Imports produced an accurately detailed, N scale model of this unique diesel-electric locomotive. Part of the Paragon2 series, the 1:160 diesel features a dual-mode […]
Wills Modern OO/HO structure kit Are you a modern-era modeler who needs structures for an office/industrial complex? Then Wills Modern may have just what you’re looking for. This new OO/HO scale line from Peco, the English firm that’s been making track products for decades, fills a niche for modern suburban structures. The prototype. Peco doesn’t […]
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