Name: Nitro Pass & Okanagan Layout owner: Don Weixl Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12′-6″ x 15′-4″ Prototype: Freelanced Locale: southern British Columbia Period: 1955-1965 Style: double -deck walk-in Mainline run: 120 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 2 percent Benchwork: L-girder (lower level), open grid (upper) Height: 42″ to 62″ Roadbed: […]
Name: Train World Layout builder: Modeling group PAJ Modelbouw Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 16′-5″ x 19′-8″ PROTOTYPE: freelanced Locale: Ardennes region of Belgium Era: 1980s Style: museum display Mainline run: 181 feet Minimum radius: 223⁄4″ Minimum turnout: none Maximum grade: 2.2 percent Benchwork: open grid Height: 12″ to 60″ Roadbed: cork Track: Märklin K-Rail (visible […]
Bruce Petty painted and decaled Tyco flatcars to represent an eastbound Southern Pacific train that originated at L.A.’s Taylor Yard and took empty flats back to the mills of Southern Oregon. Watch the train run on the Rogue Valley Model Railroad Club’s HO scale Pacific & Eastern layout. You can read all about this layout […]
Bruce Petty painted and decaled Tyco flatcars to represent an eastbound Southern Pacific train that originated at L.A.’s Taylor Yard and took empty flats back to the mills of Southern Oregon. Watch the train run on the Rogue Valley Model Railroad Club’s HO scale Pacific & Eastern layout. You can read all about this layout […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page No David? No problem…at least this month! Why? Because you’ve still got the entire MR/MRVP staff ready and willing to help address your hobby questions! This time Jenny, Ben, Cody, Eric, Hal, and even Contributing Editor Gerry Leone pitch in to cover topics […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page No David? No problem…at least this month! Why? Because you’ve still got the entire MR/MRVP staff ready and willing to help address your hobby questions! This time Jenny, Ben, Cody, Eric, Hal, and even Contributing Editor Gerry Leone pitch in to cover topics […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Airbrushing with Aaron host Aaron Skinner shares his technique for masking off large and small areas of a model simply using tape. Follow along with Aaron, and you’ll see just how easy it is to get razor sharp lines when you use an […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Airbrushing with Aaron host Aaron Skinner shares his technique for masking off large and small areas of a model simply using tape. Follow along with Aaron, and you’ll see just how easy it is to get razor sharp lines when you use […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Get a quick demo of the new Walthers HO scale SoundTraxx-equipped SD60M diesel and see a selection of other HO and N scale products in this month’s episode of Cody’s Office. Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno will also show you how to […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Get a quick demo of the new Walthers HO scale SoundTraxx-equipped SD60M diesel and see a selection of other HO and N scale products in this month’s episode of Cody’s Office. Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno will also show you how to […]
Great Model Railroads 2018 features a wide variety of outstanding model train layouts in N, HO, O, and large scales. This month you can download images from all 11 model railroads to use as a background wallpaper on your computer screen. Click on the links below for the appropriately sized images. Want to see more […]
ScaleTrains.com HO scale SD40-2 While this isn’t the first HO scale SD40-2 to roll down the tracks, ScaleTrains.com takes a different route by offering many options on drive and detail level, including variations that haven’t been available in plastic before. Electro-Motive Division’s SD40-2 diesel was General Motors’ all-time best-selling locomotive, so there are plenty of […]
