Lions, tigers, and bears – plus the Milwaukee County Zoo train too! MRVP Insider host Jenny Maaske covers all of them, right along with highlights of the videos you’ll see on Model Railroader Video Plus in June 2018. Look for a new DCC install instruction from David Popp, tips and tricks from Gerry Leone, scenery […]
Section: Modeling
How-to Library: DCC Sound Decoder Installation for Small Steam Locomotives
In this episode of MRVP Tech, David Popp dives into adding a DCC sound decoder to a Bachmann steam locomotive. Although the OO scale model of a British shunting engine isn’t a typical MRVP subject, Dave show it’s a perfect candidate for demonstrating how to fit a few Soundtraxx products into rather tight quarters! David […]
How-to Library: DCC Sound Decoder Installation for Small Steam Locomotives
In this episode of MRVP Tech, David Popp dives into adding a DCC sound decoder to a Bachmann steam locomotive. Although the OO scale model of a British shunting engine isn’t a typical MRVP subject, Dave show it’s a perfect candidate for demonstrating how to fit a few Soundtraxx products into rather tight quarters! David […]
Computer desktop wallpaper from the August 2018 Model Railroader
Click on the links at left to download this image size appropriately for your computer screen. Don Janes Rutland RS-1 no. 405 has finished its day’s work on the local and is hustling back to North Bennington on Don Janes’ HO scale Green Mountain Division. Click on the links below to download the image sized […]
Ask MRVP: Episode 36
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host David Popp brings out the Hawaiian shirt and special co-host for this summertime episode of Ask MRVP! MRVP’s own Charlie Conway rides along to help answer your inquires related to trackwork, pink insulation foam board, wiring, scenery, and more. Watch, learn, enjoy, […]
Ask MRVP: Episode 36
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host David Popp brings out the Hawaiian shirt and special co-host for this summertime episode of Ask MRVP! MRVP’s own Charlie Conway rides along to help answer your inquires related to trackwork, pink insulation foam board, wiring, scenery, and more. Watch, learn, enjoy, […]
How to make older turnouts dcc friendly
Southern Ry. Alco RS-3 no. 2143 passes over an older HO Shinohara turnout on Larry Puckett’s Ho layout. He explains how to make older turnouts DCC-friendly. In the September and October 2014 issues of Model Railroader, I wrote about how I modeled the Rockfish River crossing on my HO scale Piedmont Southern layout and built […]
Video: The HO scale Arcadia & Betsey River Ry.
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The Arcadia & Betsey River Ry. is an HO scale model railroad set in the Pacific Northwest. Watch trains run through the tall timber in this online extra from the August 2018 Model Railroader. […]
Video: The HO scale Arcadia & Betsey River Ry.
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The Arcadia & Betsey River Ry. is an HO scale model railroad set in the Pacific Northwest. Watch trains run through the tall timber in this online extra from the August 2018 Model Railroader. […]
Canadian Canyons Series: Scenery All-Stars, Part 3 – Forestry along the rock faces
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP All-Stars David Popp and Jenny Freeland team up to plant a full forest of trees in the craggy mountain walls along this Fraser Canyon scene. While the tree canopy will be dense in this part of our N scale (1:160) Canadian Canyons […]
Canadian Canyons Series: Scenery All-Stars, Part 3 – Forestry along the rock faces
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP All-Stars David Popp and Jenny Freeland team up to plant a full forest of trees in the craggy mountain walls along this Fraser Canyon scene. While the tree canopy will be dense in this part of our N scale (1:160) Canadian Canyons […]
City Terminal & Transfer Series: Episode 7 – Foam Foundation
Kent really likes working foam materials into various parts of the layouts he builds, including the O gauge City Terminal & Transfer Railway. After installing the layout’s pink foam tabletop, KJ turns to a different type of foam product made by Woodland Scenics. Follow along as he shows how to use foam risers and inclines […]