MRVP Summer Camp: Day 1

Welcome campers! Two fun-filled weeks of Summer Camp 2020 have begun. This week and next, David Popp will be your Camp Director guiding you through various all-scale modeling efforts covering structure-building, detailing, painting, weathering, and more. Get your permission slip submitted so you can join the Day One painting prep activities exclusively on MRVideoPlus.com! […]

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MRVP Summer Camp: Day 1

Welcome campers! Two fun-filled weeks of Summer Camp 2020 have begun. This week and next, David Popp will be your Camp Director guiding you through various all-scale modeling efforts covering structure-building, detailing, painting, weathering, and more. Get your permission slip submitted so you can join the Day One painting prep activities exclusively on MRVideoPlus.com! […]

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Model Railroader’s Best of Scenery

Best of Scenery cover

  Also in this issue: Scenery from the experts, pg. 3 Introduction/by Carl Swanson TIPS AND BACKDROPS 17 tips to create authentic scenes, pg. 6 Use details selectively Paint effective backdrops, pg. 10 Great techniques for making your own clouds and landscapes Big sky, little trouble, pg. 14 An airless sprayer can make painting backdrops […]

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Monongahela monstrosity

Monongahela monstrosity

Pittsburgh & West Virginia’s Connellsville, Pa., line was rife with major bridges. Biggest of all was this colossal crossing of the Monongahela River, seen in March 1950 supporting a 2-6-6-4 and freight 99. The three main spans had a lower level for the Monessen Southwestern, but it never used them. Ralph E. Hallock photo […]

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Plans for a C&NW yard office

CNWButleryardofficedrawings

In the July 2020 Model Railroader, Group Technical Editor Cody Grivno shows how he scratchbuilt an HO scale model based on the Chicago & North Western yard office in Butler, Wis. See a PDF version of this by clicking here. […]

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