In this episode of The Hills Line, host James McNab crawls under his emerging HO scale layout to walk and talk you through wiring techniques. His focus on harnessing electrons and connecting electronic devices promises to make the model railroad action especially interesting atop the benchwork! […]
It’s the final session of Summer Camp 2020 and Camp Director David Popp is paddling fast to finish his projects with a flourish! See how interior details, coupled with exterior decals and weathering, give the RPO car an authentic appearance. Then, it’s over to the tower, where you’ll see how the rooftop assembly fits onto […]
Camp Director David Popp is making a mad scramble to complete projects on the final day of MRVP Summer Camp 2020! For this morning session, he first shares the processes he used to mask/paint his RPO. And then it’s quickly back to assembling the tower structure. Hold on to your hat! […]
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The layout at a glance Name: Santa Fe Hereford Subdivision Layout owner: Sammy Carlile Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 25 x 25 feet Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Locale: between Amarillo, Texas, and Clovis, N.M. Era: summer 1995 Style: multilevel walk-in Mainline run: 225 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: […]
Resupplies have arrived! Plenty of parts and pieces to help Director David Popp get things primed for making lots of progress on this next to last day of camp. There’s plenty of work to be done, but not before first enjoying a good ol’ fashioned locomotive fun-run! […]
Camp Director David Popp was up’n at’m early to powder up his passenger cars and work out the weathering effects, top-to-bottom, for his HO scale Rapido RS-11 diesel locomotive. If that’s not enough, he also shares a technique for removing lettering from an RPO car. […]
It’s a rust and dust afternoon weathering session for campers today! David uses his previously crafted roof masks to guide the way to adding subtle airbrushed effects along the roofline of his HO scale passenger car fleet. […]
