It’s My Railroad with Steve Brown: Details, details, details, Ep. 20

It's my Railroad with Steve Brown

Details, details, details! Our “Regular Guy” Steve Brown keeps the banter at bay, before jumping into how he uses computer printouts to make building interiors and exterior signage. Plus, he shares how and where to add big crates, bound loads of lumber, and many other details to complete his authentic N scale Port Smith setting! […]

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Rehab My Railroad: Modifying existing benchwork, track, and scenery, Episode 9

David Popp and Cody Grivno migrate to the Mukwonago layout location and prepare the site for a relocated, rail-served industry. As David preps the property, including benchwork, track, and scenery modifications, Cody sprays a few coats of paint on the structure. All of this while Dana Kawala shows how to install and wire Rapido RailCrew […]

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Expert Scratchbuilding Tips with Renee Grosser: Part 3, Doors and Windows

Renee Grosser's model farmhouse.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Expert modeler Renee Grosser demonstrates how she makes window and door openings in the O scale structures she likes to scratchbuild using sheet styrene material. You’ll also see how she prepares some of the finishing details and weathering effects for her farmhouse project. […]

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Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Switching the Winston-Salem Southbound

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Work on our Winston-Salem Southbound HO scale layout is complete. Now it’s time to try running it like the real thing! Once the paperwork is order, David Popp walks first-time operator Jenny Maaske through a typical switching sequence. Along the way, David explains […]

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Tried and True Tools from the Kalmbach Hobby Store

Two men with model products at a table.

Want to learn what the editors of Model Railroader and Model Railroader Video Plus use when they head down to the workshop to build the latest model or layout? Check out these Tried and True Tools and other products available at the Kalmbach Hobby Store! […]

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Video: Paul Tartaglia’s HO scale Chester Ridge & Pennebrook

Paul Tartaglia's HO scale Chester Ridge & Pennebrook

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Paul Tartaglia’s HO scale Chester Ridge & Pennebrook is a freelanced railroad that’s inspired by the New York Central RR Putnam Division in southeastern New York State. Watch trains run through a few of the signature scenes on this well-detailed model railroad. For […]

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Video: SoundTraxx equipped HO Atlas U30B on the Eagle Mountain RR

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In the November 2017 issue of Model Railroader associate editor Eric White shows how he used some parts on hand to install a sound system into an Atlas HO scale U30B locomotive. These parts include a SoundTraxx Tsunami decoder and speaker. Check out […]

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