Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page David and Drew continue painting, flocking, and planting the trees used to complete their signature forest fire scene along the Thompson River Canyon on our Canadian Canyons N scale layout. No small detail is overlooked! […]
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City Terminal & Transfer Series: Episode 15 Details-o-Plenty
In this installment of our O gauge City Terminal & Transfer Railway series, David Popp and Jenny Maaske work to add those little details that go a long way towards making The Big City appear more like a bustling metropolis. The two share tips for installing figures, adding stripes to the roadway, and more! […]
Olympia 2, The Log Blog: Part 19 Ponds and Porches
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Ponds, people, and porches are the prevailing topics for this episode of the Olympia Logging Co. On30 layout expansion blog. David shares his challenges when working with resin water and how he painted figures for the sawmill scene. He also shows how to […]
Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Codys Office for September 2018
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This month Steve Haynes from Peco stopped by the Model Railroader offices to show off the firm’s new static grass applicators, scenery products, and code 70 track. Follow associate editor Cody Grivno as he shows you other new model trains, including HO scale […]
Off The Rails: Episode 30
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Gerry Leone unveils even more “junk” he couldn’t afford to throw out! His latest collection of stuff includes more product packaging that proves to be perfect fodder for model railroad applications. […]
Let’s Make A Scene: Episode 8
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Kathy Millatt is ready to add a grassy patch to her HO scale layout. Follow along as she demonstrates her techniques for applying static grass material in a manner that gives a even the simplest scene some incredible, realistic texture! […]
Trains Presents: Big Boy No. 4004 restoration
Big Boy 4004 parties like it’s 1941 again! Join us at Cheyenne’s Holliday Park to talk to the restoration crew responsible for bringing Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4004 back to its 1941 appearance in 2018. The giant locomotive has been on display for almost 60 years and is once more looking like its original appearance. […]
3D Track Plans: The N scale Norfolk Southern Harrisburg Line
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The chocolate factory at Hershey, Pa., is the focal point of this modern N scale layout plan. Designed by Bob Sprague, the plan fits some big railroading action into a 13 x 13 foot space, and has many clever features. You can download […]
Trains Presents: Big Boy No. 4017 at the National Railroad Museum
Of the eight Big Boy locomotives preserved, only two are indoors. No. 4017 is one of the major artifacts on display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wis. Join Editor Jim Wrinn and museum Education Director Bob Lettenberger on a tour of this giant of steam. […]
Wild Wyoming
Join Trains Art Director Tom Danneman for a video adventure tracking down elusive BNSF Railway motive power in Wyoming’s Big Horn Basin. The spectacular and out-of the-way region is the scenic backdrop for unique BNSF locomotives such as Geeps, SD40-2s, and SD60Ms. A side trip to the Power River Basin and few “bonus” trains round […]
Glyn Thomas’ Westbound CNJ Susquehanna Division
The CNJ – Susquehanna Division HO layout is intended to represent the real Central Railroad of New Jersey’s operation in the Lehigh Valley as it would have appeared in 1947. At the time, the CNJ served two major functions – in the east, it was a commuter railroad serving the New Jersey hinterland of New […]
Jim Maurer’s Nedro Valley Central RR Westbound
Jim Maurer’s HO scale Nedro Valley Central RR features two levels with a helix and uses Digitrax DCC. The trolley line representing the PTC, Red Arrow and Lehigh Valley. Scenery is about 70% complete. There are usually eight crew members on an Ops night. […]