Red Oak Series: Modeling a farm field

David Popp installing commercial grass mats.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page   The farm scene on Model Railroader magazine’s 3 x 7-foot N scale Red Oak layout needed a cornfield. MRVP’s David Popp shows you how he made quick work of this modeling task by installing commercial grass mats using white glue. […]

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Member video: Old time log loading

Old time log loading

This video features prototypical log loading on flatcars in the Cloquet Valley, Minnesota. The homemade log jammer is modeled after a photograph of an early unit. Technique and tools are typical of the time. Also shows the process of moving logs from the woods. Was in use about 1920, but could have been used up […]

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Ask MRVP: Episode 2

David Popp and Dana Kawala in the Model Railroader workshop having a conversation.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page You ask, we answer! In this new episode of Ask MRVP, host David Popp recruits Kent, Cody, Dana, and Drew to help address some of the comments, questions, tips, and suggestions you left following the MR Video Plus debut of this show. If […]

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Leviathan in steam

David Kloke tells Trains readers about his latest project to build a replica of President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral car in the June 2015 issue of Trains. While we wait to see that project roll on rails, we can enjoy a video showing off Kloke’s major claim to fame: a complete, operational replica of an 1860s steam […]

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Red Oak Series: Paving roads

Steve Otte pointing to a paved roadway.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page   Model Railroader magazine’s Steve Otte shows how to add a realistic paved roadway to any model railroad, including Model Railroader magazine’s 3 x 7-foot N scale Red Oak layout. The secret behind Steve’s success is the Woodland Scenics Smooth-It road system, but […]

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MR Insider Exclusive: Printing Model Railroader at Quad/Graphics

Jenny Freeland standing outside Quad Graphics plant in Sussex, Wisconsin.

Ever wonder how Model Railroader magazine is printed, bound, and distributed to you every single month of the year? Through special arrangements with Quad/Graphics, a rail-served American printing company, host Jenny Maaske and MRVP video crew follow knowledgeable Quad employees through the Sussex, Wisconsin, plant as a new issue of MR is published. Watch from […]

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