Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page With just a tad more trackwork required to finish off the upper level of our Canadian Canyons N scale layout, David Popp stumbles into a tricky patch where the main section connects with the detachable lobe. No worries, David shows you a bulletproof […]
Section: Layout Builds
Canadian Canyons Series: Part 22 – Laying upper level track 1
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Another video on trackwork? Well, YES! This time David wanted to be sure you saw a couple techniques that weren’t addressed in the previous videos of our N scale Canadian Canyons Series. First up, David shows how to install a Tortoise by Circuitron […]
Canadian Canyons Series: Part 21 – Mounting the fascia and staging yard panel
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Nothing conveys the appearance of a finished layout more than smooth-flowing hardboard fascia! But even though our N scale Canadian Canyons layout isn’t completed quite yet, David shows you how to measure, cut, and secure fascia around the curvaceous perimeter of our project […]
Canadian Canyons Series: Part 20 – Adding the upper deck 2
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page With the upper level framing in place, it’s now time for David to build out the plywood platform for our N scale Canadian Canyons layout. Once in this subroadbed is attached, David can then turn his attention to completing the trackwork and installing […]
Canadian Canyons Series: Part 19 – Adding the upper deck 1
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this video, David builds the initial framework for the upper (visible) level of our N scale Canadian Canyons layout. But before, he tops off the lower section, he first shows how to hide some of the risers and supports found along the […]
Off The Rails: Episode 17
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of Off The Rails, show host Gerry Leone talks about common problems you might encounter when mixing modeling paints. He then suggests a few plumbing products that can be used to provide simple solutions! […]
Olympia 2, The Log Blog: Part 9 – Keeping track of things
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Can you believe it? Trains are up and running on both the new and original sections of the Olympia Logging Co. On30 layout! But the “fun run” is short-lived, as David works to first complete the trackwork, and then install a short timber […]
Canadian Canyons Series: Part 18 – Building the helix connection
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The track, wiring, and electronics are finally in place for the lower (hidden) level of our Canadian Canyons N scale layout! In this video, David raises his game to build the benchwork for the upper (visible) level of the layout. The first order […]
Off The Rails: Episode 16
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this new episode of Off The Rails, our host goes out of his way to prove that “one modeler’s junk is another modeler’s treasure”! This time, Gerry Leone makes good use of coffee creamer packaging, potato chip canisters, and even discarded computer […]
Olympia 2, The Log Blog: Part 8 – Paint De Jour
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page There’s nothing quite like a summer in Wisconsin to make David want to return to his warm and dry basement for more work on expanding the Olympia Logging Co. On30 layout! In this video blog, David sheds the hat and gloves and picks […]
Canadian Canyons Series: Part 17 – Wiring the staging yard panel
Ben Lake’s staging yard turnout control project efforts on the N scale Canadian Canyons layout culminate with the wiring and installation of a pushbutton control panel. […]
Canadian Canyons Series: Part 16 – Bus wiring and block detection
Installing bus wiring is the next task for MRVP’s Ben Lake to tackle. After that, Ben shows how to wire the Digitrax components used to form the circuit-based detection system on our N scale Canadian Canyons layout. […]