Staff member Rene Schweitzer demonstrates ways to make sure your adhesives are always ready to use. This quick video will show you easy-to-use tips for modelers of any scale. […]
Keep your adhesive bottles ready to use
Section: Modeling
HO scale Walthers Turnouts
Follow along with Eric White as he works on the MR&T to replace some of the layout’s old turnouts with new ones from Walthers! […]
South Dakota State Railroad Museum’s HO scale display layout
Make a trek to this tourist railroad site in Hill City, SD, and you can also see a 300 square foot model railroad. Enjoy a quick look at an HO scale (1:87) display that works to depict the railroad scene in South Dakota. To learn more, visit www.sdsrm.org […]
Check out FP7s, a new Menards building, and a mini tool kit, plus a modeling tip and viewer mail!
Group technical editor Cody Grivno has new HO scale FP7s from WalthersProto, Menards HO scale Patriot Lighting Supply, and a mini tool kit among the new products, plus how to change road numbers, and more! […]
Rapid Review: Rapido Trains EMD SW1200 Switcher
Eric White is back with another Rapid Review, and this time he’s taking a look at Rapido Train’s EMD SW1200 Switcher. Follow along as Eric goes over some of the locomotive’s interesting features, and see how it fares on the test track! […]
Tangent HO scale 40-foot PS-1 boxcar
Cody Grivno, group technical editor, gives Tangent’s new HO scale PS-1 boxcar the once over in this rapid review. […]
Make dirt roads using drywall mud, Episode 4
Our humble host, Steve Brown, shows how he planned and “paved” the roads to success on his N scale layout. Follow along to see why an application of drywall mud is his preferred beginning of a sensational dirt road. […]
Shaping a signature structure, Episode 3
Steve “Regular Guy” Brown focuses on a kitbashed building that represents a signature structure on his N scale depiction of the Winston-Salem Southbound Railway. Explore the various techniques he used to form and fit this key component of the layout scene. […]
Check out this Rapid Review of the new Athearn Genesis GP18!
Cody Grivno, group technical editor, and Eric White, senior editor, take a close look at the Athearn Genesis HO scale GP18 in this Rapid Review video. […]
Visit a garden-railway display at a nature center
For many years I have been a volunteer at our local nature center (Sandy Creek Nature Center of Athens-Clarke Co., GA). It occurred to me that their circular flower and nature gardens would be a perfect setting for a garden railroad. I approached personnel at the center, and they were enthusiastic, as it would create […]
It’s My Railroad, Making backdrop buildings, Ep. 23
Host Steve Brown shares his “Regular Guy” techniques for making low-relief background structures. In this video, Steve points out how quick and easy it is to mount paper templates on foam core material to form realistic buildings well-suited for placement along a layout backdrop. […]
It’s My Railroad, Making backdrop buildings, Ep. 23
Host Steve Brown shares his “Regular Guy” techniques for making low-relief background structures. In this video, Steve points out how quick and easy it is to mount paper templates on foam core material to form realistic buildings well-suited for placement along a layout backdrop. […]
