Family Train Layout: episode 4 – Install buildings and roads

Family Train Layout install buildings and roads

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page David shows viewers how to add roads and other paved areas to the surface of the Family Train Layout. He then shares tips for placing and permanently securing various structures. Would you like to learn more about how to get started in the great […]

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Video Step by Step: Build a plastic structure kit – part 1

Cody Grivno holding a model ranch house.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this installment of Video Step by Step, Cody Grivno shows you how to assemble a Walthers HO scale ranch tract house kit. In part 1 of 2 episodes, he covers wall assembly, preparing sub-assemblies, plus prepping and painting detail parts. […]

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Thin Branch Series: Weathering corrugated metal structures with an airbrush

A hand holds an airbrush tool near a miniature model structure with a corrugated roof.

Although simulated corrugated metal siding on plastic structure kits has good molded detail, it takes some careful painting to make it look realistic. David shows you a simple set of techniques for painting corrugated metal siding with an airbrush as he finishes the coal tipple for our HO scale Thin Branch project layout. […]

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Thin Branch Series: Weathering corrugated metal structures with an airbrush

A hand holds an airbrush tool near a miniature model structure with a corrugated roof.

Although simulated corrugated metal siding on plastic structure kits has good molded detail, it takes some careful painting to make it look realistic. David shows you a simple set of techniques for painting corrugated metal siding with an airbrush as he finishes the coal tipple for our HO scale Thin Branch project layout. […]

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