Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Couplerpalooza comes to Cody’s Workshop this month! In this episode, Cody installs a body-mounted coupler and demonstrates how to use a tap in the process. Plus, he shares a quick technique for adding a painted sign to the side of a brick structure. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Show host Cody Grivno is on a mission to enhance a city scene on the MR&T HO scale layout. In this episode, he shows how to prepare and install multiple layers of printed photo-backdrops to give even a narrow scene a greater sense […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page While Santa’s Workshop hustles to build trains for good girls and boys, Cody’s Workshop stays busy enhancing freight cars with etched-metal parts! Host Cody Grivno shows how he replaced his covered hopper’s plastic roof walkway with a see-through metal component from Plano Model […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Cody Grivno escapes the workbench to prepare a simple fence for a new scene on the MR&T, the Model Railroader staff’s HO scale layout. In addition to building the fence for this Thanksgiving edition of Cody’s Workshop, Cody also takes time to […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of Cody’s Workshop, Cody settles in at his workbench to build a pair of HO scale railroad crossbucks. In addition, he reveals a new compact motor tool fitted with a handy LED used to illuminate your work. Cody also answers […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode Cody shows how to makes pasture-perfect hay bales in minutes. He also demonstrates a practical new product used for checking rolling stock weight and coupler height against recommended standards. Cody answers as many of your questions and comments as possible, […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This episode of Cody’s Workshop migrates to the MR&T, Model Railroader magazine’s HO scale layout, where Cody shows how to install a prototypical, but infrequently modeled, section of patchwork ballast along a two-track main line. He also demonstrates a practical application for a […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of Cody’s Workshop, Cody shows the basics of assembling a freight car kit and some easy ways to enhance them. He also demonstrates how to use clear paint to add turn signals to vehicles. Plus, Cody answers your questions and […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page For this episode of Cody’s Workshop, Cody heads to Model Railroader‘s HO scale layout, the MR&T. As he completes the Big Bend remodeling project on the layout, Cody shows how easy it is to enhance a scene with small details like wood guardrail […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of Cody’s Workshop, Cody tackles a quick-hitting project to enhance an N scale etched-brass fence by adding posts made from styrene stock. He also demos a compact nibbler tool designed for making window and door openings on styrene sheet material. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody Grivno, host of Cody’s Workshop, steps away from the workbench and heads to the MR&T layout to revamp a compact grade crossing scene. Cody shows how to install a new scenery base and shape the terrain using Shaper Sheet from Woodland Scenics. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of Cody’s Workshop, host Cody Grivno shows how to install etched-brass steps on a diesel locomotive. He also shares how to use tools specifically designed for bending thin metal parts to shape. Finally, Cody’s Express Mail segment reveals answers and […]
