Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Before Kent and Jenny start on the messy scenery work, David first installs the fascia and a handy display cabinet on MRVP’s On30 Olympia Logging Co. display-style layout. David gets the dust flying when he demonstrates how to make precise, clean cuts in […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Before Kent and Jenny start on the messy scenery work, David first installs the fascia and a handy display cabinet on MRVP’s On30 Olympia Logging Co. display-style layout. David gets the dust flying when he demonstrates how to make precise, clean cuts in […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The stark styrene backdrop on MRVP’s On30 Olympia Logging Co. layout is in desperate need of paint. But before Kent Johnson can roll on a covering coat of sky blue latex paint, he first walks through a couple quick steps for building up […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Now that the framework and backdrop are in place on MRVP’s On30 Olympia Logging Co. layout, work can continue on installing the plywood surface used to support track and scenery. In this video, David takes you through the cutting, fitting, and assembling steps, […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Now that the framework and backdrop are in place on MRVP’s On30 Olympia Logging Co. layout, work can continue on installing the plywood surface used to support track and scenery. In this video, David takes you through the cutting, fitting, and assembling steps, […]
Before starting construction, MRVP’s Kent Johnson introduces the concept of an all-new On30 display-style layout. Kent touches on On30 equipment, track, and a shadow box design he, David Popp, and other MR staff modelers will use to showcase a freelance logging operation set in the Pacific Northwest mountains. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page As part of the shadow box construction on MRVP’s On30 Olympia Logging Co. layout, David Popp shows how to add a curved styrene backdrop. In this video, David demonstrates how he cuts and installs support components, makes cutouts in the styrene sheet, and […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Benchwork construction continues on MRVP’s On30 Olympia Logging Co. layout. In this video, David Popp assembles and installs a shadow box atop the lower frame he completed in the previous episode. […]
Construction on MRVP’s On30 display-style logging layout gets off to a fast start! MRVP’s David Popp introduces the sketched plans for the trackwork and diorama frame, before addressing the construction steps used to make the lower frame and leg assemblies. Also be sure to download the PDF of the Olympia benchwork specifications so you can […]
Construction on MRVP’s On30 display-style logging layout gets off to a fast start! MRVP’s David Popp introduces the sketched plans for the trackwork and diorama frame, before addressing the construction steps used to make the lower frame and leg assemblies. Also be sure to download the PDF of the Olympia benchwork specifications so you can […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page As part of the shadow box construction on MRVP’s On30 Olympia Logging Co. layout, David Popp shows how to add a curved styrene backdrop. In this video, David demonstrates how he cuts and installs support components, makes cutouts in the styrene sheet, and […]
I think every model railroad should have a valance. What is a valance, you may ask? A valance is a view block suspended from the ceiling that follows the edge of the benchwork and frames the layout for viewing. If you think of a model railroad as a stage, then a valance serves the purpose […]
