Jack Verducci Download these drawings to build lounge chairs, a table, and Adirondack chairs to detail your railroad. […]
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Tag: Layout Builds
High-tech modeling for garden railroaders
I like to use signs in my railroad to provide a more prototypical appearance. This includes the use of humorous signs like those I have seen in my travels. In this example, we will be using a free modeler called openSCAD to model the sign. That way you can model your own signs to meet […]
Olympia 2, The Log Blog: Part 3 – Layout legs and groundhogs
In this episode, David Popp attaches legs to the extension of our Olympia Logging Co. On30 display-style layout. Follow David as he shares a few helpful construction tips and tricks he’s learned along the way. Plus, you’ll also get a weather prediction from Ginger the “Groundhog”! […]
Computer desktop wallpaper from the April 2017 Model Railroader
Click on the links at left to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. Bill Zuback photo A crowd gathers at the Williams Bay train station to celebrate 1,000 issues of Model Railroader magazine. This online exclusive photo was taken on the Model Railroader staff’s HO scale Milwaukee, Racine & Troy layout. Click […]
Canadian Canyons Series: Part 4 – Alignment pins and additions
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Connecting plates and frame sections are in place. Now watch as David shows how to install the steel alignment pins that make it possible to attach the removable section perfectly every time! As a bonus, David also shares a way to reinforce floppy […]
Olympia 2, The Log Blog: Part 2 – All cards on the table
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s David Popp keeps the banter rolling as he plans the next phase of the Olympia Logging Co. On30 display-style layout. Follow David as he plots out the design on an old farmhouse kitchen table. […]
Canadian Canyons Series: Part 3 – Installing mounting plates
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Our N scale project layout features a short extension that can be easily detached from the main layout framework. In this video, David shows how to build and install the plywood mounting plates that make it all work! […]
Canadian Canyons Series: Part 2 – Legs and wheels
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The next stage of framework construction takes creature comforts into consideration! In this video, David first discusses how to establish the ideal layout height. He then shows how to install the layout legs, complete with sturdy casters that help keep model railroads on […]
Off The Rails: Episode 10
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cyanoacrylate adhesive (CA) has got Gerry in a sticky situation for this episode of Off The Rails! As typical, he employs a number of helpful tips, tricks, and products to work his way out of binds and conundrums that many model railroaders encounter. […]
New desktop wallpaper from the March 2017 Model Railroader
Click on the links at left to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. Great Northern S-1 no. 2551 has coupled onto its train and is ready to depart Everett, Wash., on Lee Marsh’s HO scale model railroad. Lee’s trackside photo is featured in the March 2017 Model Railroader. This month you can […]
Olympia 2, The Log Blog: Part 1 – Olympia on the Move!
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s David Popp plans to keep the wintertime woes away by building an addition to the Olympia Logging Co. On30 display-style layout we started in 2014. Even better, he’ll host a video blog highlighting the planning and construction of the extension. But first, […]
Canadian Canyons Series: Part 1 – Building the framework
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The fun begins as David Popp launches into the effort to assemble our N scale Canadian Canyons project layout! In this first of several videos addressing benchwork, David shows how to use a butt-joint framing technique to build a substructure that’s both rigid […]
