Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 31 – Cruising Kamloops Lake

In a fast-paced finale to a spectacular Canadian adventure, Drew and The Crew soar to new heights and dive to new depths to bring you action on the rails! Along the otherwise inaccessible CP and CN main lines on British Columbia’s Kamloops Lake is where the guys deploy a plane and pontoon boat in an […]

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History According to Hediger: Anchors not aweigh!

Large boat on water

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this encore appearance, Model Railroader magazine’s retired senior editor Jim Hediger pops back into the MRVP studio to re-tell a story about Ann Arbor Railroad’s Viking car ferry concluding one particular trip across Lake Michigan. Related Topics: railfan […]

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Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Hero Trees – Adding foliage

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this final segment on making well-detailed foreground trees for our HO scale Winston-Salem project layout, David shows how to add a lush, realistic canopy to the plastic armature he assembled in the first video. […]

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Ask MRVP: Episode 12

David Popp on a camera monitor in the MR&T layout room at Kalmbach Media.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Ask MRVP’s answer man David Popp, steps up to address your specific questions regarding the World’s Greatest Hobby of model railroading! In this April edition, David talks coupler spacing for passenger cars; how we prime our project railroad construction; other topics related to […]

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How to disassemble and paint a large-scale locomotive

How to disassemble and paint a large-scale locomotive

Name:    Chris Haon Railroad Name:    L.P. & C.L. Railroad Location:    Marietta, GA Scale:    1:29 Theme:    Anytown, USA Description:    In this multi part video series I will be taking apart a locomotive and walk you through the steps on how to paint it and decal it. I will be adding more videos so be on the […]

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Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Hero Trees – Adding and shaping branches

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Every layout needs a hero — hero tree, that is! Even MRVP’s industry-oriented HO scale Winston-Salem project layout can use a few well-detailed or “heroic” trees in foreground areas. In this first of two videos, David shows the initial steps for building, shaping, […]

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Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Painting an EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, Part 8 – Installing final detail parts

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this final episode of the mini-series, Cody wraps up the project by adding grab irons, M.U. cables, and then applying a touch of paint. He then shows how to re-assemble the Athearn HO scale GP9 diesel locomotive before giving the custom-painted Winston-Salem […]

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MR Insider: It’s all about the PLUS!

Four puppets sitting around a table with model trains

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page It’s our birthday — our third, if anyone is counting! This year, the crew of MRVP decided to let another fun-loving cast of characters share some zany insights on the origins of our favorite video streaming website, Model Railroader Video Plus. In this […]

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