Name: Oregon Middle Division Layout owner: Gary Randall Scale: N (1:160) Size: 15 x 17 feet Prototype: freelance, based on Union Pacific Locale: Pacific Northwest Era: none specified Style: walk-in Mainline run: 150 feet Minimum radius: 16″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 3 percent Benchwork: L-girder with spline subroadbed Layout Height: 39″ to 42″ […]
Section: Modeling
Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for April 2017
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Get a quick demo of Atlas Model Railroad Co.’s new HO scale ALP-45DP locomotive and cars and a look at other new model railroading products in this month’s episode of Cody’s Office. For his modeling tip, Cody heads down to the workshop where […]
Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for April 2017
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Get a quick demo of Atlas Model Railroad Co.’s new HO scale ALP-45DP locomotive and cars and a look at other new model railroading products in this month’s episode of Cody’s Office. For his modeling tip, Cody heads down to the workshop where […]
Pacing the Empire Builder
Pacing GN’s Empire Builder westward through the Cascades and the City of Everett in Western Washington State, circa Spring of 1950 on Lee Marsh’s HO scale layout. […]
Willow Creek Railroad – Operations: Local freights
This video is part of a planned series that highlights operations on the Willow Creek Railroad, an HO-scale 400-square-foot layout set in the early 1950s. This video describes and demonstrates the operations of Local Freight trains on the layout as we follow the work of the River Job Turn. Video by Rod Vance. […]
Ask MRVP: Episode 24
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Looks like show host David Popp (and the crew too) has a case of spring fever! What a perfect reason for this episode of Ask MRVP to venture into “wild” Wisconsin! This month, David tackles Q&As from the MR workshop, the aisles of […]
Ask MRVP: Episode 24
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Looks like show host David Popp (and the crew too) has a case of spring fever! What a perfect reason for this episode of Ask MRVP to venture into “wild” Wisconsin! This month, David tackles Q&As from the MR workshop, the aisles of […]
Lionel’s Disappearing Train Layout
This free PDF exposes the secret behind one of Lionel’s greatest layouts; The Lionel disappearing train tunnel adds a wow factor to any classic toy train layout. Explore the detailed illustrations for assembling Lionel’s D-27 disappearing train layout in this free download. […]
Another N scale micro layout
Here is a time-lapse video of the construction of my latest N scale micro-layout project. The layout is a bit less than 24″ in diameter and features a track radius that averages around 9″. The track is ballasted and weathered Kato Unitrack, and the overall layout construction is foam insulation board on top of a […]
How-to Library: Airbrushing with Aaron – Episode 5, Prime Time
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page To prime or not to prime…that is the question FineScale Modeler senior editor Aaron Skinner addresses in this episode of Airbrushing with Aaron. It really is a tale of two tanks, as Aaron demonstrates techniques for applying primer to a model railroad […]
How-to Library: Airbrushing with Aaron – Episode 5, Prime Time
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page To prime or not to prime…that is the question FineScale Modeler senior editor Aaron Skinner addresses in this episode of Airbrushing with Aaron. It really is a tale of two tanks, as Aaron demonstrates techniques for applying primer to a model railroad […]
HO scale Union Pacific Daneburg Subdivison
Name: Union Pacific Daneburg Subdivision Layout owner: Pelle Soeborg Scale: HO Size: 11 x 22 feet Prototype: Union Pacific Locale: Freelanced, based on eastern Nebraska and western Iowa Era: present-day Layout style: around the walls Mainline: 60 feet (excluding staging) Minimum radius: 33″ Track: flextrack: code 83 (main), 70 (sidings), and 55 (spurs) Turnouts: no. 6 […]