Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Thanks to an abundance of inquiries last month, host David Popp had plenty to address in this extended-length June 2017 episode of Ask MRVP! David, along with help from Cody Grivno, Kent Johnson, and Ben Lake, tackles hobby questions regarding layout operation, turnouts, […]
Section: Modeling
D&RGW F-81 HO scale trials
This video by Corey Bonsall was filmed on the Golden Spike Train Club of Utah layout. Corey finished a kitbash build (Two Foot Rule) of an HO scale Denver & Rio Grande Western F-81 2-10-2 locomotive. […]
Grant Eastman’s Southern Alberta Rail, part 1
Meet Grant Eastman and hear about the objectives, design, and operations philosophies behind his N scale Southern Alberta Rail. Video by Mark Dance. […]
Layout tour of the Texas, Colorado & Western
This is a video layout tour of Ron Marsh’s N-scale layout, the Texas Colorado & Western Railway. The TC&W is a protolanced model of BNSF operations From Fort Worth, TX, into central Colorado in 2008. The layout is a double deck, point-to-point style with approximately 100 feet of visible mainline, a 9 1/2 turn helix […]
The Salt Lake Route, Part 4 – Wiring a small layout for DCC
Dick Christianson explains how to wire the Salt Lake Route for Digital Command Control. He concealed the system’s command station in a drawer built beneath the layout’s intermodal yard. Bill Zuback photo Fig. 1 Power feeders. Last month Dick explained how to install Kato Unitrack power feeders during tracklaying. He used plug-in sections on the […]
MRVP Layout Visit: Ken Thompson’s BN Peoria Subdivision in HO scale
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this MRVP Exclusive Layout Visit, subscribers will get to view Ken Thompson’s HO Burlington Northern layout in action! On Ken’s 22 x 36-foot single deck layout, you’ll see realistically modeled Midwestern scenes and BN operations between Galesburg and Peoria, Ill. […]
MRVP Layout Visit: Ken Thompson’s BN Peoria Subdivision in HO scale
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this MRVP Exclusive Layout Visit, subscribers will get to view Ken Thompson’s HO Burlington Northern layout in action! On Ken’s 22 x 36-foot single deck layout, you’ll see realistically modeled Midwestern scenes and BN operations between Galesburg and Peoria, Ill. […]
The Salt Lake Route, Part 3: Laying realistic sectional track
A pair of Union Pacific freights bank into the superelevated curves on the N scale Salt Lake Route. Dick Christianson explains how he installed Kato Unitrack, including the firm’s new double-track sections with superelevated curves (inset), on our project layout. One of the parameters Model Railroader gave me regarding the N scale project layout was […]
Model railroad track manufacturers
Looking for model railroad track-related products? Here’s a partial list of suppliers. Track manufacturers Here is a partial list of suppliers of track and related products. Atlas Model RR Co. www.atlasrr.com Z, N, HO, and O scale sectional and flextrack Bachmann Trains www.bachmanntrains.com N and HO sectional track BK Enterprises (Trout Creek Engineering) www.troutcreekeng.com N, […]
Riding home to Boston
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How-to Library: Airbrushing with Aaron – Episode 6, Filling in the gaps
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of Airbrushing with Aaron, FineScale Modeler senior editor Aaron Skinner fills you in on tips and techniques you can use to fix minor flaws and gaps in a model’s surface, before applying paint. […]
How-to Library: Airbrushing with Aaron – Episode 6, Filling in the gaps
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of Airbrushing with Aaron, FineScale Modeler senior editor Aaron Skinner fills you in on tips and techniques you can use to fix minor flaws and gaps in a model’s surface, before applying paint. […]