Video: HO scale Knickerbocker & Rockwell RR

a section of George Marshall's HO scale Knickerbocker & Rockwell RR

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page George Marshall’s HO scale Knickerbocker & Rockwell RR models upstate New York in the 1960s and 1970s. The compact model railroads features detailed scenery and structures. Model Railroader subscribers can enjoy watching trains run along the main line in this short video. […]

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Video: HO scale Knickerbocker & Rockwell RR

a section of George Marshall's HO scale Knickerbocker & Rockwell RR

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page George Marshall’s HO scale Knickerbocker & Rockwell RR models upstate New York in the 1960s and 1970s. The compact model railroads features detailed scenery and structures. Model Railroader subscribers can enjoy watching trains run along the main line in this short video. […]

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Bus arrives at the Depot

Model bus parked at depot

Sometimes more than trains arrive at the depot on model railroad layouts! Here’s a short preview scene of a bus arriving at Maryville Depot, from a video currently in production. Being very new to Stop Motion filming, this was a test and there are a few flaws. This preview also showcases very recent (and yet […]

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Bus arrives at the Depot

Model bus parked at depot

Sometimes more than trains arrive at the depot on model railroad layouts! Here’s a short preview scene of a bus arriving at Maryville Depot, from a video currently in production. Being very new to Stop Motion filming, this was a test and there are a few flaws. This preview also showcases very recent (and yet […]

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In Memoriam: Randy Kennie

RandyKennie

Randy Kennie during his career at Bachmann Trains. Lloyd “Randy” Kennie, a longtime sales manager in the hobby industry, passed away on April 14, 2019. Randy served in the Navy as a Radioman 2nd Class in his younger years. After leaving the military, he worked at several companies in the hobby/crafts industry, including Felix V. […]

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Ask MRVP: Episode 42

David Popp stands behind a counter in the Model Railroader workshop and introduces a video.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Host David Popp wants YOU to watch this episode of Ask MRVP! If for no other reason than to hear his responses to hobby questions from viewers just like you. Tune in to find out how HO scale locomotives with capacitors run through […]

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Ask MRVP: Episode 42

David Popp stands behind a counter in the Model Railroader workshop and introduces a video.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Host David Popp wants YOU to watch this episode of Ask MRVP! If for no other reason than to hear his responses to hobby questions from viewers just like you. Tune in to find out how HO scale locomotives with capacitors run through […]

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New model trains for the week of May 16, 2019

Accurail HO scale sssorted freight cars

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SDP40F. Amtrak (phase 1 and 3 schemes); Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (blue and yellow warbonnet); and BNSF Ry. (Maersk Sealand in one road number, Santa Fe patchout in two numbers). Four numbers per scheme unless noted. Prototype-specific details, factory-installed and painted wire grab irons, and McHenry scale couplers. Direct-current […]

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How-to Library: C&NW Suburban Service, Part 6

Cody modeling a GP7.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page   Cody now turns his attention from the Chicago & North Western HO scale commuter cars to the locomotive used to haul them! Ride along with Cody as he works to model a GP7 featuring all of the right details and weathering effects […]

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