Cody’s Workshop: Episode 34

Cody Grivno’s Workshop Part 34

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody puts the finishing touches on his Canadian Pacific SD60 locomotive by adding a blackwash to the fan screen and exhaust stack, and painting the couplers, truckside frames, and bearings. After showing how to reassemble the model, he takes it for a spin […]

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Cody’s Workshop: Episode 34

Cody Grivno’s Workshop Part 34

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody puts the finishing touches on his Canadian Pacific SD60 locomotive by adding a blackwash to the fan screen and exhaust stack, and painting the couplers, truckside frames, and bearings. After showing how to reassemble the model, he takes it for a spin […]

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Let’s Make A Scene: Episode 9

Let’s Make a Scene with Kathy Millatt Part 9

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Kathy Millatt tackles snow and ice scenery effects on a small HO scale (1:87.1) diorama. To get things started, Kathy shows how to plan and prep a location to include various terrain features that will help highlight the additional effects she’ll create […]

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Let’s Make A Scene: Episode 9

Let’s Make a Scene with Kathy Millatt Part 9

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Kathy Millatt tackles snow and ice scenery effects on a small HO scale (1:87.1) diorama. To get things started, Kathy shows how to plan and prep a location to include various terrain features that will help highlight the additional effects she’ll create […]

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Broadway Limited Imports N scale EMD F7

Broadway Limited Imports N scale EMD F7

Broadway Limited Imports N scale EMD F7 Electro-Motive Division’s F7, the most popular hood unit diesel ever made, is being offered in N scale with a little something extra – Broadway Limited Imports (BLI)’s Rolling Thunder. The subwoofer system turns the sounds generated by the model’s Paragon3 decoder into an earth-­shaking experience. Broadway Limited’s N […]

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Atlas Santa Fe class BX-177 boxcar in N, HO scales

Atlas Santa Fe class BX-177 boxcar in N, HO scales

Atlas Santa Fe class BX-177 boxcar in N, HO scales An Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe class BX-177 plug-door boxcar is now available in N and HO scales from Atlas Model Railroad Co. Don’t confuse this Master Line car with the BLMA (now Atlas) class BX-166 double-plug-door boxcar that I reviewed in the March 2016 […]

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New model railroading products for the week of January 17, 2019

Rapido Trains HO scale Electro-Motive Division SW1200 diesel locomotive

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe diesel locomotive. Union Pacific (George Bush 41 Presidential Library and Museum). One road number (2018 version with black radiator fan housings). Removable cab roof secured with magnets, light-emitting-diode headlights and ditch lights, and commemorative box. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $249.98; with dual-mode […]

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Build The Red Oak Layout

Download this free 33-page PDF for a detailed look at how to recreate the town of Red Oak, Iowa. We organized this free PDF into four, easy-to-follow, sections: Part one covers how to utilize a hollow-core household door for a 3 x 7 N scale layout. Part two dives into building benchwork, working on terrain, […]

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New model trains for the week of January 10, 2019

Bachmann HO scale Pennsylvania RR class K4 streamlined 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Diesel SD70AH diesel locomotive. Union Pacific. Two road numbers. Models based on Tier 4 credit units built in 2016. Features Positive Train Control antenna array, light-emitting-diode headlights and ditch lights, and late handrails. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $239.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami 2 sound […]

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Build The Salt Lake Route

Download this free 31-page PDF download for an in-depth look at how to build a 4 x 9 N scale modern-era Western layout. This beginner-to-intermediate skill level layout of the Union Pacific Salt Lake Route is broken up into five sections: Part one covers the inspiration behind the layout. Part two gets into how to […]

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