Cody’s Workshop: Episode 22 – Layering backdrops

Cody Grivno sitting at his workbench introducing a project

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Show host Cody Grivno is on a mission to enhance a city scene on the MR&T HO scale layout. In this episode, he shows how to prepare and install multiple layers of printed photo-backdrops to give even a narrow scene a greater sense […]

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Model Railroad Operations: Hand Signals

Piece of paper with instructions for hand signals

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Contributing Editor Andy Sperandeo returns to Model Railroader magazine’s HO scale layout to share proper model railroad operating techniques for our cameras. In this MRVP exclusive video, he recruits Cody Grivno to demonstrate how to use hand signals, a topic addressed in Andy’s […]

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Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for December 2014

Inside Cody's Office for December 2014

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page An HO scale CF7 from Athearn and N scale freight cars from Atlas and Micro-Trains are among the new products that arrived in Cody’s Office this month. Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno will also show you how to model seagulls using models […]

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Rehab My Railroad: Episode 4

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of Rehab My Railroad, MR’s Cody Grivno shows layout owner Chuck Sable how to enhance an open lot by adding a realistic grass mat and fence. Cody makes more improvements to the station parking lot too. Meanwhile, MRVP’s David Popp […]

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Video: ESU LokSound DCC diesel decoder demo

Recently Matthew Herman of ESU visited the Model Railroader offices and talked with senior editor Dana Kawala about some of the latest features to be found in ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) decoders. See and hear ESU LokSound – equipped diesel locomotives as they run on the Model Railroader staff’s Wisconsin & Southern layout. […]

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