Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Painting an EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, Part 7 – Fine detail painting

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody is working quickly toward outfitting our HO scale Winston-Salem GP9 diesel locomotive with the essential fine details and weathering effects. In this video, he shares how he touched up minor flaws in the decal application and added a few more detail parts. […]

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Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Painting an EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, Part 6 – Applying front end decals

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page With the long hood stripes in place, Cody now turns to applying decals on the short hood and cab of our HO scale Winston-Salem diesel locomotive. Check out the techniques that make this effort go smoothly and yield great results! […]

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MRVP Video Vault – Airbrushing for Model Railroaders: Model prep and single-color painting

Gordy Odegard shares his techniques for using an airbrush for priming and painting a single-color model

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this vintage video, Model Railroader magazine’s Jim Hediger first walks through techniques you can use to clean a model before painting it. Then, MR’s Gordy Odegard shares his techniques for using an airbrush for priming and painting a single-color model. […]

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MRVP Video Vault – Airbrushing for Model Railroaders: Model prep and single-color painting

Gordy Odegard shares his techniques for using an airbrush for priming and painting a single-color model

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page   In this vintage video, Model Railroader magazine’s Jim Hediger first walks through techniques you can use to clean a model before painting it. Then, MR’s Gordy Odegard shares his techniques for using an airbrush for priming and painting a single-color model. […]

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Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Painting an EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, Part 5 – Applying decals on the long hood

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Adding water-slide decals to our HO scale Winston-Salem diesel locomotive is the first step in giving the model a realistic appearance. Cody walks through the prep and application processes for dressing the long hood with horizontal striping. […]

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Ask MRVP: Episode 10

David Popp sitting at a table with various freight cars.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page So many questions, and so many answers in this month’s Ask MRVP! In this episode, David Popp, Cody Grivno, Dana Kawala, Drew Halverson, and Steve Sweeney of Trains magazine help cover topics ranging from prototype railroad operation to T-Trak trackwork to painting techniques, […]

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Ask MRVP: Episode 10

David Popp sitting at a table with various freight cars.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page So many questions, and so many answers in this month’s Ask MRVP! In this episode, David Popp, Cody Grivno, Dana Kawala, Drew Halverson, and Steve Sweeney of Trains magazine help cover topics ranging from prototype railroad operation to T-Trak trackwork to painting techniques, […]

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Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Painting an EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, Part 4 – Painting detail parts

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this video, Cody first demonstrates how to paint the fine details he’ll apply to our HO scale Winston-Salem diesel locomotive. He then shares techniques for masking and painting (using an airbrush) the larger locomotive components in the desired base coat colors. […]

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Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Painting an EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, Part 4 – Painting detail parts

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this video, Cody first demonstrates how to paint the fine details he’ll apply to our HO scale Winston-Salem diesel locomotive. He then shares techniques for masking and painting (using an airbrush) the larger locomotive components in the desired base coat colors. […]

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Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Painting an EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, Part 3 – Details and priming

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Our Winston-Salem Southbound locomotive painting project continues. This time, Cody shows how to complete the final detail work before cleaning the assembly, and then heading to the paint booth to apply a primer coat. […]

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Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Painting an EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, Part 2 – Shell preparations

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody continues preparing our Athearn Genesis EMD GP9 for painting and decoration. In this video, he demonstrates how to perform a detailed cleaning of the shell, along with showing steps for removing, patching, and replacing various components to match the Winston-Salem Southbound prototype […]

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