Cody’s Workshop: Episode 9 – Stripping paint

black-and-white photo of Cody Grivno wearing a white jacket and safety goggles on head

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Just in time for Halloween, Cody shows you two ways to strip paint from models in his latest visit to the “MR Laboratory.” He also shares some scary tips for preparing resin models, cutting coupler trip pins, and painting locomotive numberboards. And watchout […]

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Cody’s Workshop Episode 6 – rolled roofing

Cody Grivno placing a structure on a model railroad

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Our July visit to the workshop finds Cody finishing the freight house project by adding rolled roofing and final details to the structure. Along the way, Cody will also show you how to prepare a plastic shell for painting, join Atlas and Peco […]

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Cody’s Workshop: Episode 5 – Installing ditch lights

Cody Grivno sitting at his workbench with a scratchbuilt freight house

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody is back in the MR Workshop this month to install ditch light castings on a Rail America diesel engine. He also shares how his freighthouse scratchbuilding job is coming along, and you’ll get to see the finished Turtle Creek MR&T heritage locomotive. […]

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Cody’s Workshop: Episode 4 – clear coat finish

Cody Grivno standing at his workbench

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this video installment of Cody’s Workshop, Cody shares his technique for applying a clear-coat finish on one of the MR&T’s heritage locomotives. Along the way, he also demonstrates a handy clamp for scratchbuilding structure models, and shows how to remove and adjust […]

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Cody’s Workshop: Episode 3 – April 2013

flatcar deck

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Welcome back to Cody’s Workshop. In episode 3, Cody shows you how to get a realistic weathered finish for your flatcar decks. He also gives you some tips on using punches to make drillbit starter holes, and answers a variety of viewer mail. […]

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Cody’s Workshop: Episode 1 – February 2013

Cody Grivno sitting at his workbench

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Periodically we’ll visit the workshop and let you hang out with Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno to see his latest modeling projects. In episode 1, Cody shows you his technique for airbrushing wheelsets, and he has a cool new way to cut […]

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