Canadian Canyons Series: Kamloops Lake Water, Part 1

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Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Work on the Canadian Canyons scenery keeps rolling forward. An all-star trio (David, Eric, and Kent) takes on the task of modeling the seldom viewed right-of-way along Kamloops Lake, complete with stone arch viaducts, red rock cliffs, and murky lake water. See how […]

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Canadian Canyons Series: Kamloops Lake Water, Part 1

David Popp next to layout scenery

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Work on the Canadian Canyons scenery keeps rolling forward. An all-star trio (David, Eric, and Kent) takes on the task of modeling the seldom viewed right-of-way along Kamloops Lake, complete with stone arch viaducts, red rock cliffs, and murky lake water. See how […]

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Canadian Canyons Series: Fraser River Water, Part 2

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Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page The hardened resin water David added (Part 1) to our Canadian Canyons N scale layout is now ready for additional details. In this episode, David demonstrates how to use Woodland Scenics Surface Water – Water Waves product to model the swirling flow of […]

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Canadian Canyons Series: Fraser River Water, Part 1

David Popp next to layout scenery

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Now that the surrounding Fraser River Canyon scenery is done, David can finally add realistic river water! In this episode of the Canadian Canyons Series, you’ll see just what it takes to prep the plywood layout surface, and then mix and apply the […]

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HO scale Piney Fork Branch

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Name: Piney Fork RR Layout Owner: Seth Gartner Scale: HO scale (1:87.1) Size: 23 x 31 feet Prototype: New York Central Locale: eastern Ohio (Minerva to Dillonvale) Era: early 1960s Style: multilevel, walk in Mainline run: 260 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 (industries), o. 5 (yardns), no. 6 (main line) Maximum grade: […]

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Canadian Canyons Series: Scenery All-Stars, Part 4 Highway installation and scenery

David Popp and Ben Lake next to layout scenery

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP All-Stars Cody Grivno and Ben Lake get back to installing the roadway section representing the Trans-Canada Highway. After Ben prepares the pavement, Cody then shows how to groom the shoulders, place safety barriers, and add scenery textures between the rocks and the […]

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Canadian Canyons Series: Scenery All-Stars, Part 4 Highway installation and scenery

David Popp and Ben Lake next to layout scenery

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP All-Stars Cody Grivno and Ben Lake get back to installing the roadway section representing the Trans-Canada Highway. After Ben prepares the pavement, Cody then shows how to groom the shoulders, place safety barriers, and add scenery textures between the rocks and the […]

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Canadian Canyons Series: Scenery All-Stars, Part 3 – Forestry along the rock faces

David Popp and Jenny Freeland next to layout scenery

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP All-Stars David Popp and Jenny Freeland team up to plant a full forest of trees in the craggy mountain walls along this Fraser Canyon scene. While the tree canopy will be dense in this part of our N scale (1:160) Canadian Canyons […]

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Canadian Canyons Series: Scenery All-Stars, Part 3 – Forestry along the rock faces

David Popp and Jenny Freeland next to layout scenery

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP All-Stars David Popp and Jenny Freeland team up to plant a full forest of trees in the craggy mountain walls along this Fraser Canyon scene. While the tree canopy will be dense in this part of our N scale (1:160) Canadian Canyons […]

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HO scale B&O Paquettin Division

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Name: B&O Paquettin Division (updated 2018) Layout owner: Mike Tricker Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 16′-6″ x 16′-6″ Prototype: inspired by Baltimore & Ohio Locale: Appalachia to New Jersey Style: partial mushroom Era: early to mid-1950s Mainline run: 78 feet (excluding helix) Minimum radius: 18″, 15″(waterfront) Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (waterfront) Maximum grade: […]

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