SMART DEVICE CONTROL: MTH Electric Trains 2017 starter set line now comes ready to run with your Apple or Android smartphone or Apple iPad. Outfits will come with a 75-watt 5 amp power supply and a DCS TIU-1 receiver with Wi-Fi. Just download the free MTH DCS app and you are ready to roll. The […]
Modeling Topic: Structures
Templates for an HO scale log grasping lift
Click on the link to download the part templates for the log-grasping lift. In the June 2017 Model Railroader, Andrew Taylor describes how he kitbashed an HO scale container loader into a log-grasping lift. Andrew scratchbuilt the claw-like lift from styrene. Click on the link below to download the templates for cutting out the parts. […]
How-to Library: Airbrushing with Aaron – Episode 5, Prime Time
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page To prime or not to prime…that is the question FineScale Modeler senior editor Aaron Skinner addresses in this episode of Airbrushing with Aaron. It really is a tale of two tanks, as Aaron demonstrates techniques for applying primer to a model railroad […]
How-to Library: Airbrushing with Aaron – Episode 5, Prime Time
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page To prime or not to prime…that is the question FineScale Modeler senior editor Aaron Skinner addresses in this episode of Airbrushing with Aaron. It really is a tale of two tanks, as Aaron demonstrates techniques for applying primer to a model railroad […]
How-to Library: Airbrushing with Aaron – Episode 4, Basic Painting
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page FineScale Modeler senior editor Aaron Skinner demonstrates basic techniques for painting with an airbrush. Before walking step-by-step through the painting process, Aaron first shows how to clean and prep plastic models. […]
How-to Library: Airbrushing with Aaron – Episode 4, Basic Painting
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page FineScale Modeler senior editor Aaron Skinner demonstrates basic techniques for painting with an airbrush. Before walking step-by-step through the painting process, Aaron first shows how to clean and prep plastic models. […]
Off The Rails: Episode 10
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cyanoacrylate adhesive (CA) has got Gerry in a sticky situation for this episode of Off The Rails! As typical, he employs a number of helpful tips, tricks, and products to work his way out of binds and conundrums that many model railroaders encounter. […]
Off The Rails: Episode 10
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cyanoacrylate adhesive (CA) has got Gerry in a sticky situation for this episode of Off The Rails! As typical, he employs a number of helpful tips, tricks, and products to work his way out of binds and conundrums that many model railroaders encounter. […]
Origins of the Oroville Dam
OROVILLE, Calif. — Observers are watching for what will happen next with the Oroville Dam, one of the largest earthen dams in North America. Few know that the dam is also a great railroad story, one that was captured on video in the 1960s and in the pages of Trains in January 1966. Download Donald […]
Off The Rails: Episode 8
Host Gerry Leone introduces one handy dandy tool with a couple clever model railroad applications. In this episode, he’ll show and share how an inexpensive pounce wheel can make your modeling efforts more efficient and more accurate too! […]
Off The Rails: Episode 8
Host Gerry Leone introduces one handy dandy tool with a couple clever model railroad applications. In this episode, he’ll show and share how an inexpensive pounce wheel can make your modeling efforts more efficient and more accurate too! […]
MRVP Video Vault – Building Model Railroad Wood Structures
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this MRVP vintage how-to video, host Wayne Wesolowski demonstrates smart techniques for trimming and then applying glue to wood parts. Wayne also shares tips for assembling structure components. […]