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Are you ready to tackle realistic model operations on your layout? Follow this all-new MRVP mini-series and you will be! Over the course of five episodes, David Popp and the MR/MR Video Plus team will use the HO scale Beer Line project layout to share the preparations, processes, and common practices for an operating session […]
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 railroad and evaluates the sequence of movements required to get cars into […]
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. […]
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. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host David Popp gets to enjoy his early Xmas gift – Go Cubs! But he also makes sure YOU receive a few stocking stuffers too! This month on Ask MRVP you’ll get to enjoy thorough responses to hobby-related questions regarding wiring a turnout […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno heads down to the staff layout for a quick demo of the new HO scale New Haven 8600-series coaches from Rapido Trains. You’ll also see other new HO and N scale model train cars from Atlas, Fox […]
In this episode of Off The Rails, show host Gerry Leone gives you the hole truth, and nothing but the hole truth! Follow along as he shares his handy tips, tricks, tools, and techniques for making, enlarging, and finishing holes. And don’t miss a special appearance by another one of Gerry’s feline assistants! […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this MRVP vintage video, hosts Wayne Wesolowski and Allen Keller first look at how to prepare wood material for an ideal finish. Wayne then goes on to demonstrate various ways to apply realistic weathering effects on wood structure kits and railroad models. […]
