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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Click on the image to download the plans. Before the invention of automatic crossing gates, railroad crossing guards protected grade crossings. Usually holding a flag, lantern, or stop sign or operating a manual crossing gate, the crossing guard would warn motorists of an approaching train. A simple wooden shanty provided shelter for the crossing guard. […]
An interior view at Tower 19 near Dallas (Texas) Union Terminal shows the track diagram (“model board”) of the territory controlled by the tower and some of the levers that controlled the switches and signals. This is an electro-pneumatic interlocking, in which switches are operated by compressed air. Historic American Engineering Record photo […]
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This is a typical standpipe (also called water crane, water column, or water plug) used to fill steam locomotive tenders with water, which is supplied by pipe from a tank. A single tank might supply several standpipes. When not in use, they were swung away from the track. The bucket-like object between the end of […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page For the final installment of this kitbashing mini-series, David shows you how to give industrial structures a gritty, weathered appearance. David keeps things simple by using little more than an array of modeling paints applied with a brush and a wash (diluted stain). […]
For the final installment of this kitbashing mini-series, David shows you how to give industrial structures a gritty, weathered appearance. David keeps things simple by using little more than an array of modeling paints applied with a brush and a wash (diluted stain). He even shares tips for adding a weather-beaten sign to the brick […]
