Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Inspired by a recent Drew’s Trackside Adventures, MRVP’s David Popp aimed to design a layout that highlights the amazing scenery and railroad operation found in Canada’s Thompson and Fraser River Canyons. Ben Lake takes that scheme even further with this 3D rendering of […]
Section: Modeling
Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for July 2016
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Associate editor Cody Grivno answers your viewer questions, including one about the 2017 Model Railroader staff project layout, in this month’s Cody’s Office. You’ll get a sneak peek of the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee Road Beer Line extension. In his modeling tip, Cody […]
Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for July 2016
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Associate editor Cody Grivno answers your viewer questions, including one about the 2017 Model Railroader staff project layout, in this month’s Cody’s Office. You’ll get a sneak peek of the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee Road Beer Line extension. In his modeling tip, Cody […]
MR Insider: July 2016
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MR Insider host Jenny Maaske takes the show on the road to preview some of the videos set to arrive on MR Video Plus in July! You’ll see that Jenny isn’t the only MR or MRVP staffer out of the office, as Neil, […]
Ask MRVP: Episode 15
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this hands-on edition, MRVP Producer and show host David Popp addresses your inquiries, and then demonstrates helpful solutions right before your eyes. This time, topics include structure modeling, electronics/lighting, scenery application, and so much more! […]
Ask MRVP: Episode 15
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this hands-on edition, MRVP Producer and show host David Popp addresses your inquiries, and then demonstrates helpful solutions right before your eyes. This time, topics include structure modeling, electronics/lighting, scenery application, and so much more! […]
How-to Library: Weathering a diesel locomotive
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this how-to video, MR’s Cody Grivno shows you how quick and easy it is to add realistic weathering to a diesel locomotive of any size or scale. Using an out-of-the -box HO scale model, Cody’s demonstration first walks you through the processes […]
How-to Library: Weathering a diesel locomotive
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this how-to video, MR’s Cody Grivno shows you how quick and easy it is to add realistic weathering to a diesel locomotive of any size or scale. Using an out-of-the -box HO scale model, Cody’s demonstration first walks you through the processes […]
Video: How to fix “speaker fuzz” in your locomotive
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Prototype plans: Wood trestle and truss bridge
Download plans for a wood trestle and truss bridge. Don’t miss Don Ball’s article in the August 2016 Model Railroader where he shares how he scratchbuilt a late-1800s wood trestle and truss bridge. […]
Computer desktop wallpaper from the August 2016 Model Railroader
Click on the links to the left to download the image size appropriate for your computer screen. The in-plant switcher pulls a cut of hot-metal cars from the basic oxygen furnace past empty slag cars sitting next to the blast furnace. The steel industry is the focus of the latest phase of Rick Crumrine’s HO […]
Video: Model Rectifier Corp Light Genie model railroad lighting controller
Adding lighting effects like flashing signals, flickering gas lamps, warning strobes, and rotating beacons to a model railroad has never been easier thanks to the Model Rectifier Corp. Light Genie lighting controller. Check out some of the features of this powerful model railroad accessory with Model Railroader associate editor Steve Otte. […]