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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 […]
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 […]
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! […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Who takes a summer break from modeling when it’s constantly raining outside? Certainly not David, ’cause he’s busy rock’n out in his basement! In this episode, he tackles the challenges of adding new rock formations to the expanding Olympia Logging Co. On30 layout. […]
For part two of this mini-series, MRVP’s Ben Lake moves forward with the staging yard turnout control installation on our Canadian Canyons N scale project layout. Now that the switch motors are installed, wired, and programmed, Ben shows how to make a stylized, fascia-mounted control panel to house the associated pushbuttons and LED indicators. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Show host Gerry Leone (and his sidekick Loretta) makes the most of the clutter and junk that seem to occupy space on nearly every modeler’s workbench. True to form, Gerry has clever uses for plastic packaging, dirty micro-brushes, and even dried paint spills […]
