Expert Scratchbuilding Tips with Renee Grosser: Part 3, Doors and Windows

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Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Expert modeler Renee Grosser demonstrates how she makes window and door openings in the O scale structures she likes to scratchbuild using sheet styrene material. You’ll also see how she prepares some of the finishing details and weathering effects for her farmhouse project. […]

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Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Switching the Winston-Salem Southbound

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Work on our Winston-Salem Southbound HO scale layout is complete. Now it’s time to try running it like the real thing! Once the paperwork is order, David Popp walks first-time operator Jenny Maaske through a typical switching sequence. Along the way, David explains […]

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Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Switching the Winston-Salem Southbound

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Work on our Winston-Salem Southbound HO scale layout is complete. Now it’s time to try running it like the real thing! Once the paperwork is order, David Popp walks first-time operator Jenny Maaske through a typical switching sequence. Along the way, David explains […]

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Workshop Tips: Easy 4 x 8 Layouts

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Enter your e-mail below and instantly receive a FREE 15-page download containing tips for easy 4 x 8 layouts that you can build. In this supplement, you will receive: 6 different track plans in HO, N and O scales Industries your trains can serve How to build simple table benchwork for your layout Scenery tips […]

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Weathering Tips & Techniques

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Enter your e-mail below and instantly receive a FREE download that details all you need to know about weathering, as our gift.  You’ll also receive weekly news updates from Model Railroader. This download contains the following special sections: Quick and dirty freight car weathering Weathering your diesels Weathering your structures Painting and weathering track […]

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Model Railroader’s Workbench Guide

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Discover the foundation of a modeler’s toolbox with this exclusive supplement to Model Railroader magazine.    You’ll also receive weekly news updates from Model Railroader. This download contains topics such as: Essential model railroading tools What you need to know about adhesives Learning the art of soldering Changing the scale of drawings How to use a scale rule […]

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Workshop Tips: The Essentials of Great Scenery

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Discover the essentials of great scenery with this exclusive supplement to Model Railroader magazine.  Enter your e-mail below and instantly receive a FREE 13-page download containing workshop tips for creating great scenery, as our gift.  You’ll also receive weekly news updates from Model Railroader. Inside this supplement, you will find tips regarding: Building land forms Creating realistic rocks, […]

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Tried and True Tools from the Kalmbach Hobby Store

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Want to learn what the editors of Model Railroader and Model Railroader Video Plus use when they head down to the workshop to build the latest model or layout? Check out these Tried and True Tools and other products available at the Kalmbach Hobby Store! […]

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Video: Paul Tartaglia’s HO scale Chester Ridge & Pennebrook

Paul Tartaglia's HO scale Chester Ridge & Pennebrook

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Paul Tartaglia’s HO scale Chester Ridge & Pennebrook is a freelanced railroad that’s inspired by the New York Central RR Putnam Division in southeastern New York State. Watch trains run through a few of the signature scenes on this well-detailed model railroad. For […]

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