Building the HO scale Virginian Ry. part 19

David Popp next to layout

The scenery, wiring, and structures are finally complete on this Model Railroader project model train layout. The HO scale Virginian Ry. also includes the 2 x 6-foot Turtle Creek extension and a 7 x 78 inch staging yard. Managing editor David Popp shows you how to connect the benchwork and wiring for the sections. He’ll […]

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Building the HO scale Virginian Ry. part 19

David Popp next to layout

The scenery, wiring, and structures are finally complete on this Model Railroader project model train layout. The HO scale Virginian Ry. also includes the 2 x 6-foot Turtle Creek extension and a 7 x 78 inch staging yard. Managing editor David Popp shows you how to connect the benchwork and wiring for the sections. He’ll […]

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Building the HO scale Virginian Ry. part 9

David Popp next to layout

In this video journal you’ll learn about the flexible rock castings that Model Railroader managing editor David Popp used on the HO scale Virginian Ry. These casings will add a lot to the scenery on the finished model train layout. David also takes you behind the scenes during a photo shoot on the model railroad. […]

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Building the Virginian Ry., part 11

Neil Besougloff next to a layout

The track and roadbed are in place on the HO scale Virginian Ry. project model train layout. Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows you how to use an airbrush to paint model railroad track in this week’s video journal. […]

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Building the HO scale Virginian Ry. part 9

David Popp next to layout

In this video journal you’ll learn about the flexible rock castings that Model Railroader managing editor David Popp used on the HO scale Virginian Ry. These casings will add a lot to the scenery on the finished model train layout. David also takes you behind the scenes during a photo shoot on the model railroad. […]

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Atlas HO scale coil steel car

Atlas HO scale coil steel car

Atlas HO scale coil steel car An HO scale model of a 52-foot coil steel car with distinctive fish-belly side sills is now available from Atlas Model Railroad Co. The ready-to-run car is based on a modern prototype introduced by Canada’s National Steel Car Co. in the mid-1990s. The new NSC cars are 51′-10″ long […]

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Walthers HO scale Pennsylvania RR observation car

Walthers HO scale Pennsy observation car

Walthers HO scale Pennsy observation car The Pennsylvania RR had a lot of distinctive rolling stock, including two tapered blunt-end observation cars. This HO scale model of a View-series observation car has a lot of great details inside and out. The model is also the last car in Walthers’ Broadway Limited series. The prototype. In […]

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Spring Mills Depot HO scale canstock boxcar

Spring Mills Depot canstock boxcar

Spring Mills Depot canstock boxcar At first glance, this Baltimore & Ohio model looks like a boxcar with off-center doors. However, it’s actually a specialized heavy-duty car designed to haul coils of thin aluminum or tin used to manufacture cans for the food industry. The prototype. In the late 1960s, the B&O’s mechanical engineers were […]

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