Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This Video Vault series begins with host Allen Keller welcoming scenery-building experts Dave Frary and Malcolm Furlow to share their theories and practical insights on making realistic model railroad scenes. […]
Modeling Topic: Scenery
Building a trestle over a dry wash on the Eagle Mountain RR
A dry wash is a common scenic element in a desert landscape. Associate editor Steve Otte added this scenic element to the Model Railroader staff’s Eagle Mountain RR, as he describes in the June 2016 issue. In this video Steve describes scenicking the dry wash and building a Blair Line timber trestle for the main […]
Building a trestle over a dry wash on the Eagle Mountain RR
A dry wash is a common scenic element in a desert landscape. Associate editor Steve Otte added this scenic element to the Model Railroader staff’s Eagle Mountain RR, as he describes in the June 2016 issue. In this video Steve describes scenicking the dry wash and building a Blair Line timber trestle for the main […]
Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Hero Trees – Adding foliage
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this final segment on making well-detailed foreground trees for our HO scale Winston-Salem project layout, David shows how to add a lush, realistic canopy to the plastic armature he assembled in the first video. […]
Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Hero Trees – Adding foliage
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this final segment on making well-detailed foreground trees for our HO scale Winston-Salem project layout, David shows how to add a lush, realistic canopy to the plastic armature he assembled in the first video. […]
Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Hero Trees – Adding and shaping branches
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Every layout needs a hero — hero tree, that is! Even MRVP’s industry-oriented HO scale Winston-Salem project layout can use a few well-detailed or “heroic” trees in foreground areas. In this first of two videos, David shows the initial steps for building, shaping, […]
Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Hero Trees – Adding and shaping branches
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Every layout needs a hero — hero tree, that is! Even MRVP’s industry-oriented HO scale Winston-Salem project layout can use a few well-detailed or “heroic” trees in foreground areas. In this first of two videos, David shows the initial steps for building, shaping, […]
Rehab My Railroad: Episode 14
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of Rehab My Railroad, one of the projects literally gets hung up on the rocks! Hosts Drew and Chuck start staining the castings along the lakefront scene, and watch their handiwork crumble before their eyes! Fortunately, David is there to […]
VIDEO: The N scale Georgia Great Southern Ry.
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Joe Gelmini’s N scale Georgia Great Southern Ry. is an around-the-walls model train layout that fills an 18 x 60-foot space. The freelanced model railroad is inspired by the Southern Ry. from Atlanta, Ga., to Mobile, Ala. Watch model freight and passenger trains […]
VIDEO: The N scale Georgia Great Southern Ry.
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Joe Gelmini’s N scale Georgia Great Southern Ry. is an around-the-walls model train layout that fills an 18 x 60-foot space. The freelanced model railroad is inspired by the Southern Ry. from Atlanta, Ga., to Mobile, Ala. Watch model freight and passenger trains […]
Using plaster rock castings on the Eagle Mountain RR
Associate editor Eric White provides an overview of how he used plaster rock castings on the HO scale Eagle Mountain RR. You’ll learn how rubber rock molds made it easy to add a realistically rugged terrain to the Model Railroader staff’s 2016 project model railroad. […]
Using plaster rock castings on the Eagle Mountain RR
Associate editor Eric White provides an overview of how he used plaster rock castings on the HO scale Eagle Mountain RR. You’ll learn how rubber rock molds made it easy to add a realistically rugged terrain to the Model Railroader staff’s 2016 project model railroad. […]