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Section: Trains Video
Ask MRVP: Episode 7
In this episode of Ask MRVP, many of the questioned focused on the various project layouts that have come your way in the pages MR and on MR Video Plus. Of course, David and Cody answer other inquiries regarding modeling techniques. Plus, a new guest sheds some light on what’s happening in David’s basement. But […]
Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Installing a hardboard backdrop, Part 3 – Layout lighting
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This episode of the ongoing backdrop installation series highlights (pun intended) how David added an inexpensive track lighting fixture along the top edge of the hardboard. David wasn’t entirely pleased with the resulting bright lights at eye level, so you’ll get to see […]
Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Installing a hardboard backdrop – Part 2
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In part 2 of MRVP’s Winston-Salem backdrop installation series, David Popp demonstrates the techniques used for patching the seams where two hardboard sections abut. He covers everything from preparing the working surface to sanding the joint compound smooth — all of the steps […]
Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Installing a hardboard backdrop – Part 1
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s David Popp launches into another informative multi-part series. This time he shows why and how to install, finish, paint, and even light a hardboard backdrop along the back of our Winston-Salem HO scale project layout. Part 1 covers the initial assembly process. […]
Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Kitbashing industrial structures – Part 4
For the final installment of this kitbashing mini-series, David shows you how to give industrial structures a gritty, weathered appearance. David keeps things simple by using little more than an array of modeling paints applied with a brush and a wash (diluted stain). He even shares tips for adding a weather-beaten sign to the brick […]
HO Wig Wag Crossing
I completed the HO Wig-Wag crossing using an actual 3mm magnetic actuator on the pole made from a modified coreless motor inside a brass shim-stock enclosure. The 3-phases windings are driven by an Arduino. The wig-wag crossing was made from a kit from Showcase Miniatures and tools from the Small Shop. Yes, this was wired […]
Rehab My Railroad: Episode 9
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page A brand-new season of Rehab My Railroad is finally here! This time host Drew Halverson and layout owner Chuck Sable get involved in the renovation work MRVP talents David Popp and Cody Grivno begin last year on Chuck’s HO scale model railroad. Of […]
MRVP Video Vault – Layout Tour: Allen McClelland’s HO Virginian & Ohio
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Trace the origins of the famous Virginian & Ohio that highlighted the pages of Model Railroader magazine throughout the 1980s. Host Allen Keller interviews the man behind the layout that was as much of a real railroad as a model can be! […]
Toy Train Basics: Changing traction tires
Classic Toy Trains magazine Editor Hal Miller demonstrates his quick and easy techniques for replacing those worn out rubber traction tires found on many O gauge steam and diesel locomotives. […]
Toy Train Basics: Changing traction tires
Classic Toy Trains magazine Editor Hal Miller demonstrates his quick and easy techniques for replacing those worn out rubber traction tires found on many O gauge steam and diesel locomotives. […]
Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – The DB Railroad of Germany
This PBS Tracks Ahead segment covers Gordon Calahan’s large scale rendition of a German railroad operating during WWII. […]
