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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this 1980s vintage video, former MR Associate Editor Gordy Odegard walks you through the equipment and techniques used when painting and weathering railroad models with an airbrush. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Discover Doug Taylor’s East Broad Top along with MRVP Video Vault host Allen Keller. Doug’s HOn3 layout captures eastern scenery and narrow gauge railroading in a 30 x 45-foot room. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page David Popp enlists the assistance of MR’s Cody Grivno to add a printed photomural to the painted backdrop of our HO scale Winston-Salem project layout. Follow Cody as he walks through the installation steps, including how to position the printout, trim it to […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page You’ve seen Paul Dolkos’ meticulous work featured in the December 2015 and January 2016 issues of Model Railroader magazine. In this MR Video Plus exclusive layout visit, you’ll now have the chance to tour his entire 17 x 29-foot Baltimore Harbor District HO […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The MR Video Plus T-Trak Group Project continues to unfold in the third, exclusive video blog! This week, Kent Johnson stops down in the MR Workshop to see what Brian M. Schmidt of Trains magazine is doing with his corner module. Plus, KJ […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this week’s T-Trak Group Project video blog on MRVP, Kent visits with Rehab My Railroad host Chuck Sable to see how his C&NW-themed module is progressing. MR’s Eric White also shares structure-building insights related to his Philly-themed module. And you won’t want […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this second MRVP T-Trak Group Project video blog, Kent Johnson checks in with MRVP’s Jenny Maaske and David Popp about their progress. Jenny is off to an a-maize-ing start, while David has managed to revive a tiny bit of his notable Naugatuck […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In the final T-Trak Group Project video blog on MR Video Plus, Kent Johnson checks out the progress MR’s Cody Grivno is making on his much anticipated corner module. Kent also shares some insights on how his own British Columbia-inspired module is coming […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this exclusive for MR Video Plus subscribers, MRVP’s Ben Lake has prepared a virtual tour of the HO scale Georgia Northeastern RR, a 9 x 11-foot layout featured in MR’s Model Railroad Planning 2016! For more info on the design, be sure […]
Click on the links to the left to download the appropriate size images for your computer screen. In this trackside scene from the February 2016 Model Railroader, a Colorado Midland freight rolls along the deep chasm known as Hell’s Gate on Andrew Dodge’s O scale model railroad. This month you can download this image to […]
The Electro-Motive Division FL9 could operate as a diesel-electric or straight electric locomotive. This HO scale FL9 from Rapido Trains captures prototype-specific detail as well as the unique sounds of this dual-mode locomotive thanks to an ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. Check out this video demo of the sound effects on our staff […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Check out a new Digital Command Control (DCC) sound equipped HO scale locomotive and more new model train products with associate editor Cody Grivno. Right on time for the holiday season, Cody will also give you some tips for cleaning model train set […]
