Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page You ask, we answer! In this new episode of Ask MRVP, host David Popp recruits Kent, Cody, Dana, and Drew to help address some of the comments, questions, tips, and suggestions you left following the MR Video Plus debut of this show. If […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page You ask, we answer! In this new episode of Ask MRVP, host David Popp recruits Kent, Cody, Dana, and Drew to help address some of the comments, questions, tips, and suggestions you left following the MR Video Plus debut of this show. If […]
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The Kato Sound Box provides an easy way to add realistic sound effects to a direct-current (DC) layout without having to install Digital Command Control (DCC). Senior editor Dana Kawala demonstrates the Sound Box connected to a Kato power pack on the Model Railroader staff’s N scale Red Oak project model train layout. […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader magazine’s Steve Otte shows how to add a realistic paved roadway to any model railroad, including Model Railroader magazine’s 3 x 7-foot N scale Red Oak layout. The secret behind Steve’s success is the Woodland Scenics Smooth-It road system, but […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader magazine’s Steve Otte shows how to add a realistic paved roadway to any model railroad, including Model Railroader magazine’s 3 x 7-foot N scale Red Oak layout. The secret behind Steve’s success is the Woodland Scenics Smooth-It road system, but […]
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Download plans to build this impressive arch through-truss bridge for a model railroad. Jim Richards Learn how author Jim Richards “scratchbashed” this arch through-truss bridge in the June Model Railroader. Click on the link below to download the assembly diagram that Jim used for the project. Arch through-truss bridge model assembly diagram […]
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Download signs for Keller Bier and Keller Beverage Co. to use on your model train layout. In the June 2015 Step by Step column, associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to model signs on large model railroad industries. He uses the Keller Beverage Co. on the Model Railroader staff’s club model train layout, the Milwaukee, […]
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Name: Conrail’s Bald Eagle Branch Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 11′-4″ x 27′-4″ Prototype: Conrail Locale: central Pennsylvania Era: 1996 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 60 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent The track plan originally appeared in the June 2015 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Ever wonder how Model Railroader magazine is printed, bound, and distributed to you every single month of the year? Through special arrangements with Quad/Graphics, a rail-served American printing company, host Jenny Maaske and MRVP video crew follow knowledgeable Quad employees through the Sussex, […]
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Name: Michigan-California Logging Co. Scale: On30 (1:48 proportion on HO scale track) Size: 3′-10″ x 6′-8″ Prototype: Michigan-California Lumber Co. Locale: El Dorado County, Calif. Style: Tabletop oval Era: 1918 Mainline run: 19′-4″ Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 4 percent Height: 41″ to 47″ Roadbed: Homasote Track: handlaid Fast Tracks and […]
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S scale Kaw Valley RR Name: The Kaw Valley RR Scale: S scale (1:64) Size: 28 x 28 feet Prototype: inspired by the Kansas City, Kaw Valley & Western RR Locale: eastern Kansas Era: late 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 145 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Benchwork: open […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page L-girder benchwork construction moves forward on the HO scale Winston-Salem Southbound project layout. MRVP’s David Popp works on adding everything that goes above the L-girder members, including joists, risers, and subroadbed components! […]
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