There were many exciting new model railroading products featured at the 2019 National Train Show in Salt Lake City. Group Technical Editor Cody Grivno and Senior Editor Dana Kawala share some of the highlights of this year’s show! […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page New locomotives and freight cars in N, HO, O, and large scales highlight the July episode of Cody’s Office, including a quick demo of the sound equipped, large scale Southern Pacific GS-4 Daylight steam locomotive from MTH. Group Technical Editor Cody Grivno will […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page New locomotives and freight cars in N, HO, O, and large scales highlight the July episode of Cody’s Office, including a quick demo of the sound equipped, large scale Southern Pacific GS-4 Daylight steam locomotive from MTH. Group Technical Editor Cody Grivno will […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page While Cody Grvino’s HO scale brick structure might represent a simple construction effort, he makes certain it has plenty of character — both inside and out! Follow along as Cody shows how to quickly fabricate, install, and then illuminate a seemingly super-detailed building […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page While Cody Grvino’s HO scale brick structure might represent a simple construction effort, he makes certain it has plenty of character — both inside and out! Follow along as Cody shows how to quickly fabricate, install, and then illuminate a seemingly super-detailed building […]
Athearn HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe diesel locomotive. Pre-production sample shown. HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe diesel locomotive. Pre-production sample shown. Union Pacific (George Bush 41 Presidential Library and Museum). One road number (2018 version with black radiator fan housings). Removable cab roof secured with magnets, light-emitting-diode headlights and ditch lights, and commemorative box. […]
Rapido Trains HO Santa Fe rebuilt RDC set The two motors are concealed by the housings between the painted seats. Overhead lighting is provided by LEDs on the printed circuit board. For the first time in plastic the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry.’s rebuilt pair of Budd Rail Diesel Cars (RDCs) are available in […]
The GP9 (CNW sample shown) has drill-starter points for grab irons. Walthers offers a detail kit for the model separately. The layout of the components under the shell is pretty typical, with the printed-circuit board and decoder located above the motor and flywheel. The chop-nose GP9 is equipped with light-emitting-diode headlights. A newly tooled chop-nose […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACe diesel locomotive. Union Pacific (“Powered by our people” scheme). One road number. Light-emitting-diode headlights and front and rear ditch lights, removable cab roof secured with magnets, and commemorative box. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $249.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound decoder, $339.98. December […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page You’ve got the questions and David’s got the answers (well, most of them) in this month’s Ask MRVP! Topics covered include curve radii, styrene measurements, scaling up an N scale layout, foam board for layout construction, puffball tree videos, weathering ballast, doghouses, and […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page You’ve got the questions and David’s got the answers (well, most of them) in this month’s Ask MRVP! Topics covered include curve radii, styrene measurements, scaling up an N scale layout, foam board for layout construction, puffball tree videos, weathering ballast, doghouses, and […]
What better way to celebrate the festivities around the Fourth of July then by taking a look at a truly presidential locomotive? Members of the Model Railroader staff had a chance to take a close look at the new N scale Electro-Motive Diesel from Broadway Limited Imports. This new Paragon3 series model is decorated for […]
