Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page When Jim Hediger was a young man, he worked in a hobby shop owned by noted railroad photographer, Emery Gulash. To help pay for college, Jim took on the job of painting brass locomotives for Emery, and he shares some of the stories […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this In-Depth video review, Dana Kawala puts a new Broadway Limited HO scale Erie USRA K5 Heavy Pacific through its paces. Along the way, Dana discusses many of the spotting features of these big passenger steam locomotives. […]
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Terry Thompson shows you how to install a basic NCE Digital Command Control decoder in a Stewart HO scale F-unit. If you’ve never completed a DCC installation that requires soldering, this video project is a great way to learn how to get started. […]
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In the April 2013 issue, David Bodnar presents three lighting projects using a Picaxe controller and an LED. In this video, he demonstrates all three projects. […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Want to see what MR Video Plus is about? Check out this free In-Depth Product Review video. Spring Mills Depot has released a limited run of Baltimore & Ohio I-12 cabooses in HO scale, and Jim Hediger puts the model to the test […]
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To make your track look realistic, you need to paint it. Cody Grivno shows you how he painted the track for our Thin Branch project railroad using an airbrush and acrylic paints. […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Dana reviews Bachmann’s new HO scale Alco S-2 switcher. Part of the Sound Value line, the switcher comes equipped with a DCC sound decoder, and we put it through its paces in this video. […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In part 2 of our benchwork video series, David Popp shows you how to make easy frames that can be used to support a variety of layout options. He also attaches the legs we built in part 1. […]
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To build a model railroad you’ll need some sort of benchwork. In this video series we show you how to build easy yet sturdy benchwork that can be used on most any model railroad. In part 1, we start with simple leg assemblies. […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this installment of Video Step by Step, Cody Grivno shows you how to build a low-relief structure kit that fits between the tracks and the backdrop. In part 2 he covers final assembly, weathering, and installation. […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Our Winter Hill project railroad needed a lot of rock hoppers, and Cody Grivno shows you how he restenciled and weathered various Walthers models to fill out the fleet on the HO scale MR&T. […]
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