Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The river for our Thin Branch layout is starting to take shape. In this installment, David mixes, tints, and pours the resin water. To see how he built the river and added the surrounding scenery, see parts 1 and 2 of the […]
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Thin Branch Series: Build a river part 1 – banks and bed
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Looking to add an impressive river scene to a layout? In part 1, David uses our HO scale Thin Branch project layout to demonstrate easy techniques for preparing river banks and bed. […]
How to use basic airbrushing techniques – weathering freight cars
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows some basic techniques for weathering freight cars. […]
Video Step by Step: Build a plastic structure kit – part 2
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this installment of Video Step by Step, Cody Grivno shows you how to assemble a Walthers HO scale ranch tract house kit. In part 2 of 2, he covers adding windows & doors, window panes, window dressing, and other finishing details. […]
How to tap screw holes
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Tapping screw holes is an important skill for a model railroader, especially when it comes to adding trucks or couplers to a resin freight car kit. Follow Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno as he shows you how to easily use a tap […]
How to work with static grass
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to work with static grass using a Noch Gras-Master Static Grass Applicator. […]
Thin Branch Series: Build a river part 2 – scenery layer
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In part 2, David shows how he completed the landscape around the banks and river bed using a wet scenery technique, static grasses, and an application of sand for the river bottom. […]
DCC Programming: episode 3 – Advanced consisting function control
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this installment, MR Senior Editor Dana Kawala shows you how to use Digital Command Control CVs 21 and 22 to control individual functions on locomotives running in a consist. Dana also covers the basics of advanced consisting in this video. […]
Video: Blackstone Models HOn3 2-8-0 Consolidation
The Blackstone Models HOn3 (HO scale 3-foot gauge) 2-8-0 Consolidation features a SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. We ran the superdetailed steam locomotive on Blackstone’s new ProTraxx HOn3 click track. […]
Modeler’s Spotlight Video–Inside Cody’s Office for December 2013
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this month’s installment Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno gives you an introduction to weathering rolling stock with the PanPastel weathering system. Cody will also show you new locomotives and rolling stock in HO, N, and O scales. Viewer mail this month […]
Dave Durling’s O gauge layout
A Lionel starter set purchased for Christmas led to this great compact layout. Dave Durling has modeled favorite places from his life in New England, complemented by several stunning scratchbuilt structures. […]
Karl Sablich’s O gauge Copper Country Central
Karl Sablich’s Copper Country Central recreates the Copper Country of Upper Michigan in 4 x 8-feet with the help of scratchbuilt structures based on historical documents from the mining industry. […]