Cody’s Workshop: Episode 24 – Weathering with powdered chalks

cody weathering the side of a yellow flatcar

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode, Cody shows how to use a Pelle Søeborg weathering technique to add realistic rust spots and scratches to a modern freight car. Plus, he shares a handy use for a nifty new sanding tool. Cody also answers viewer questions, including […]

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Cody’s Workshop: Episode 24 – Weathering with powdered chalks

cody weathering the side of a yellow flatcar

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode, Cody shows how to use a Pelle Søeborg weathering technique to add realistic rust spots and scratches to a modern freight car. Plus, he shares a handy use for a nifty new sanding tool. Cody also answers viewer questions, including […]

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New model trains for the week of March 26, 2015

Atlas HO scale 40-foot wood refrigerator cars

HO scale locomotives Southern Pacific class Mt-4 4-8-2 steam locomotive with Skyline casing. Daylight scheme (three road numbers) and black with SOUTHERN PACIFIC or SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES on tender (one number each). Prototype-specific drivers, pilot, and crosshead; class 120-C-6 semi-Vanderbilt tender; and metal handrails. Direct-current model with Quick Plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $319.98; […]

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Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for March 2015

Inside Cody's Office for March 2015

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Get a sneak peek at two new HO scale diesel locomotives and other new HO and N scale model train products in this month’s Cody’s Office. The F40PH-2D from Rapido Trains features an ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder and the GP30 […]

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Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for March 2015

Inside Cody's Office for March 2015

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Get a sneak peek at two new HO scale diesel locomotives and other new HO and N scale model train products in this month’s Cody’s Office. The F40PH-2D from Rapido Trains features an ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder and the GP30 […]

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Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – C&O in N scale

Jeff Ashby next to a track layout.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Visit Jeff Ashby’s Chesapeake & Ohio N scale layout in this segment from the hit PBS series Tracks Ahead — available on MR Video Plus before it hits the airwaves! […]

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Quick Look: Micro-Trains N scale Pennsylvania heavyweight dining car

Micro-Trains N scale Pennsylvania RR heavyweight dining car

Micro-Trains N scale Pennsylvania RR heavyweight dining car Price: $29.95 Manufacturer: Micro Trains Line Co. 351 Rogue River Pkwy. Talent, OR 97540-1200 www.micro-trains.com Era: 1930s to the 1950s Comments: This Pennsylvania RR steel dining car represents a prototype that was built in the railroad’s Altoona Shop in the late 1920s and early 1930s for mainline […]

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Building the 3 x 7 Red Oak N scale model railroad part 6

Scene of Red Oak project railroad

The N scale Red Oak model train layout features a backdrop that runs down its center. Learn how the Model Railroader staff uses model trees and other scenery to conceal openings in the backdrop. Model Railroader editor Neil Besougloff and associate editor Steve Otte will also show you how to use scenery along the backdrop […]

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Building the 3 x 7 Red Oak N scale model railroad part 7

Steve Otte next to Red Oak project layout

Editor Neil Besougloff and associate editor Cody Grivno go over some of the finishing touches that the Model Railroader staff applied to the N scale Red Oak model train layout. While Cody is busy airbrushing track ballast, Neil points out some of the scenery and structure details added to the model railroad. You’ll also see […]

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Building the 3 x 7 Red Oak N scale model railroad part 6

Scene of Red Oak project railroad

The N scale Red Oak model train layout features a backdrop that runs down its center. Learn how the Model Railroader staff uses model trees and other scenery to conceal openings in the backdrop. Model Railroader editor Neil Besougloff and associate editor Steve Otte will also show you how to use scenery along the backdrop […]

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Building the 3 x 7 Red Oak N scale model railroad part 7

Steve Otte next to Red Oak project layout

Editor Neil Besougloff and associate editor Cody Grivno go over some of the finishing touches that the Model Railroader staff applied to the N scale Red Oak model train layout. While Cody is busy airbrushing track ballast, Neil points out some of the scenery and structure details added to the model railroad. You’ll also see […]

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