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Associate editor Eric White provides an overview of how he used plaster rock castings on the HO scale Eagle Mountain RR. You’ll learn how rubber rock molds made it easy to add a realistically rugged terrain to the Model Railroader staff’s 2016 project model railroad. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Nailed it! That’s just one of the responses David Popp offers to the numerous questions that he addresses in this month’s episode of Ask MRVP! Along with David Popp, Cody Grivno also chimes in to answer YOUR inquiries related to layout scenery, trackwork, […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody is working quickly toward outfitting our HO scale Winston-Salem GP9 diesel locomotive with the essential fine details and weathering effects. In this video, he shares how he touched up minor flaws in the decal application and added a few more detail parts. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page With the long hood stripes in place, Cody now turns to applying decals on the short hood and cab of our HO scale Winston-Salem diesel locomotive. Check out the techniques that make this effort go smoothly and yield great results! […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Several new locomotives and freight cars arrived at the Model Railroader offices this month, including new modern-era diesels from Wm. K. Walthers and Kato USA. You’ll even get a quick demo of the SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC)-equipped Walthers locomotive. Associate editor Cody […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Now that the walls and windows are taking shape, David takes a moment to give layout owner Chuck Sable a progress report on his Madison depot. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this installment, David starts working on some of the architectural details that give the depot its distinctive appearance. Follow along as David shows how he made custom headers over the arched windows. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of David Popp’s mini-series video blog, he shares a tried and true technique for assembling a custom array of windows. Of course, the technique will also work for making custom wall sections! […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page After making modifications to the large windows he assembled in the previous episode, David goes on to show how he formed new wall sections that fit neatly into the wall parts from the original Walthers structure kit. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Work continues on Chuck Sable’s HO scale layout! Hosts Drew and Chuck get things rockin’ on the layout’s lakefront scene, while Cody installs, stripes, and weathers the roadway sections. David also makes headway on the Madison station kitbashing project, which is covered in […]
In this episode, Chuck, Drew, and David Popp dig into the street lighting project. On the other side of the layout, Cody Grivno gets things rolling on a gravel lot upgrade project. But while things are ramping up on both efforts, Chuck and Drew take a few moments to run the railroad. And you won’t […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this vintage video, Model Railroader magazine’s Jim Hediger first walks through techniques you can use to clean a model before painting it. Then, MR’s Gordy Odegard shares his techniques for using an airbrush for priming and painting a single-color model. […]
