Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this sidetrack video series of Rehab My Railroad, host David Popp shares some of the plans and processes he’s using to build the Madison passenger station for Chuck Sable’s HO scale C&NW basement layout. David gets things started by talking through the […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this 1980s vintage video, MR Contributor Allen Keller demostrates specific techniques used when painting and weathering railroad models with an airbrush. He also shares tips for cleaning an airbrush after use. […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Allen Keller hosts a visit to Don and John Santel’s OM&SS HO scale layouts. You won’t want to miss seeing Don’s operating hump yard! […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page As a fitting finale to the T-Trak Group Project efforts, MRVP’s Kent Johnson sits down with each builder to inspect his/her completed module and talk briefly about the lessons learned! […]
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Associate editor Eric White continues his behind-the-scenes look at building the Model Railroader staff’s latest project model train layout. In this installment, Eric describes how he laid out the track plan full size on the benchwork tabletop, including how he used curve and turnout templates. He’ll also show you the basics of how he laid […]
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The Athearn Ready To Roll SD40 is also available decorated for Burlington Northern Santa Fe. There’s a lot to like about this newly tooled Athearn Ready-to-Roll HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD40. From its road-specific details to its SoundTraxx sound decoder, this model ticks many of the boxes on many modelers’ wishlists. The prototype. The six-axle […]
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With the layout scenery shaking from the low-bass thumps of each exhaust stroke, and perfectly timed puffs of white smoke rising above the stack, I half-expected to smell cinders as Broadway Limited Imports’ latest HO scale model of the Pennsylvania RR M1a 4-8-2 rolled by. The model uses the same tooling as the BLI M1a […]
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The BLMA HO scale model features many prototype-specific separately applied detail parts. A well-detailed injection-molded plastic model of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe’s class BX-166 62-foot insulated boxcar is the latest offering from BLMA Models. The ready-to-run car features double plug doors framed by canted exterior posts, an assortment of separately applied details, and Kadee […]
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Price: $33.95 Manufacturer ExactRail 251 W. River Park Drive, Suite 300 Provo, Utah 84604 www.exactrail.com Era: 2004 to present Comments: It’s not all flatcars and intermodal for the TTX Corp. The freight company’s vast fleet includes thousands of 6,275 cubic foot, 50′-6″ boxcars, such as the prototype for this new ExactRail N scale model. Built […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page While work on MRVP’s Winston-Salem HO project layout continues, Cody takes on the task of painting up our model railroad’s diesel locomotive. In this mini-series, Cody will walk through the steps for disassembling, stripping, detailing, painting, decaling, and weathering an Athearn Genesis EMD […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page New year, new questions, and new answers on Ask MRVP! Host David Popp looks at inquiries regarding MRVP’s T-Trak group project, handy hobby tools, scenery repair, and just where to find more information (and videos) about various topics presented on MRVP. Tune in, […]
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Broadway Limited Imports Paragon2 N scale Baldwin Centipede in the Pennsylvania RR 5-stripe passenger scheme Recently I had a chance to examine and operate an early production sample of an N scale Baldwin DR-12-8-1500/2 “Centipede” diesel-electric locomotive. The detailed model is part of Broadway Limited Imports’ Paragon2 series. Best of all, the model features a […]
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