Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page It’s time once again for another fun-filled round of Ask M-R-V-P! For those scoring at home, your magnanimous host David Popp fields contestant’s questions regarding turnout installation, selecting track, painting foam board, drawing a track plan, and so much more. Don’t miss David’s […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page On a recent trip to the United Kingdom, MRVP Contributing Editor Charlie Conway enjoyed a delightful trackside chat with Richard Foster, Editor of Model Rail magazine. While a cavalcade of British trains raced by, Charlie and Richard discussed a number of modeling and […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The City of Indianapolis, Ind., recently hosted the National Model Railroad Association’s (NMRA) 2016 national convention, and MRVP’s Gerry Leone was there to capture some of the highlights! Come along with Gerry, as he shares the many ways you can experience and enjoy […]
Click on the link or image to download the plans. The prototype for this railroad depot is a former Buffalo & Susquehanna train station from Rushford, N.Y. The compact depot would make an interesting lineside addition to a model railroad. Harold W. Russell’s article about the station appeared in the September 2016 Model Railroader. […]
Click on the links to the left to download the appropriately sized image for your computer screen. High on the Mousebelly Branch of the 3-foot-gauge Devil’s Gulch & Helengon RR, engineer “Wild Bill” McFlannel guides his train of silver ore. Ron Foreman took this trackside photo on his HOn3 diorama. Click on the links to […]
The Kato N scale Amtrak Southwest Limited passenger train set features two newly tooled passenger cars. The model train is led by an all-new N scale Electro-Motive Division SDP40F diesel locomotive. Watch the train run along the main line of the Model Railroader staff’s N scale Salt Lake Route layout. […]
Name: Geneva Subdivision Layout owner: Daryl Kruse Scale: N (1:160) Size: 25 x 48 feet Prototype: Union Pacific (ex-Chicago & North Western) Locale: Northern Illinois Era: Present Style: single deck Mainline run: 160 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Turnouts: no. 10 (mainline), no. 8 (secondary and yard track) Maximum grade: 0.5 percent Benchwork: open-grid Height: 55″ […]
Host Gerry Leone really gets his hands dirty this time as he prepares the natural soil he uses for scenery on his HO scale layout. In this episode, Gerry walks you through the entire process for refining, sorting, and then applying dirt groundcover to a model railroad or any size or scale. […]
Host Gerry Leone really gets his hands dirty this time as he prepares the natural soil he uses for scenery on his HO scale layout. In this episode, Gerry walks you through the entire process for refining, sorting, and then applying dirt groundcover to a model railroad or any size or scale. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The fun in the sun continues in this second episode of Rehab My Railroad: Outdoors! This time, Kent welcomes Drew, Cody, David, and special guest Rene Schweitzer from Garden Railways magazine to his 22 x 30-foot garden railway (1:29 scale). The Crew tackles […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The fun in the sun continues in this second episode of Rehab My Railroad: Outdoors! This time, Kent welcomes Drew, Cody, David, and special guest Rene Schweitzer from Garden Railways magazine to his 22 x 30-foot garden railway (1:29 scale). The Crew tackles […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Scenery-building experts Gordy Odegard and Bob Hayden walk you through the classic techniques, tools, and materials used to finish trackwork and waterways just like you would any other scenery element on a layout. […]
