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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Group Technical Editor Cody Grivno gets some help in this episode of Cody’s Office. Highlights include a demo of the new Athearn Genesis 2.0 series HO scale EMD SD90MAC-H with SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound and tips for mixing and using India ink weathering washes. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Group Technical Editor Cody Grivno gets some help in this episode of Cody’s Office. Highlights include a demo of the new Athearn Genesis 2.0 series HO scale EMD SD90MAC-H with SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound and tips for mixing and using India ink weathering washes. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s Steve Brown is looking to add some depth, dimension, and interest to his N scale Port Smith harbor buildings. In other words, Steve wants his structures to get lit! Follow along to see how he uses LED lighting components to highlight […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s Steve Brown is looking to add some depth, dimension, and interest to his N scale Port Smith harbor buildings. In other words, Steve wants his structures to get lit! Follow along to see how he uses LED lighting components to highlight […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP59 and GP60 diesel locomotives. GP59: Electro-Motive Division demonstrator and Norfolk Southern (Operation Lifesaver 25th anniversary scheme and Southern Ry. heritage scheme, one number each). GP60: BNSF Ry. (Heritage III in two numbers, Vermont Ry. patchout in one number), CSX (dark blue and yellow), Denver & Rio Grande Western (black […]
This pre-production artwork shows the two-tone gray paint scheme that will be applied to Kato’s N scale Electro-Motive Division E7A diesel locomotives. The model will be offered in two road numbers. Kato posted this 3-D rendering of 5-bedroom lounge observation car Hickory Creek on its website. The N scale model will have an illuminated tail […]
Atlas N scale 4,180-cubic-foot-capacity Airslide covered hopper Underbody details include separate, factory-applied outlet gate piping, hopper outlets, underframe slope braces, and the cylinder/brake assembly. Atlas Model Railroad Co. has added a new model to its expanding N scale lineup, the General American 4,180- cubic-foot capacity Airslide covered hopper. The model, based on a mid-1960s […]
A version of this article appeared in Model Railroader’s special issue from 2018: Build a Small Railroad. Pursuing my hobby concurrently with my military career meant I needed a portable model railroad that could still suggest the scale and intensity of a gigantic prototype in an impossibly small space. I found what I needed in […]
Steve Miazga describes how he built a potato warehouse, including modeling mortar rubble walls, for his N scale layout in the July 2020 Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this by clicking here. […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70MAC diesel locomotive. Alaska RR (blue-and-yellow scheme), BNSF Ry. (green-and-cream warbonnet in one road number, Heritage III in three numbers), Burlington Northern (as-delivered green and cream scheme, three numbers), CSX (dark blue and yellow with “boxcar” herald), Mexican Rail Transportation (gray and red Kansas City Southern-style scheme, three numbers), and […]
Rubber rock molds and hydrocal plaster make it easy to add exposed rockfaces and other dramatic scenic elements to your model train layout Nothing says “impressive” quite like a rugged mountain range full of jagged rock faces. Though mountains appear solid to us, many are just individual layers of rocks, stacked one on top […]
Use this quick tip to make custom rock molds for realistic model railroad scenery Want to make unique rock castings? Here’s an interesting method that was featured in the March 2002 Classic Toy Trains. Play-Doh, a children’s modeling toy, is a great one-time-use mold-making material. It’s water-soluble, easy to work with, and reproduces crisp details […]
