Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page A superdetailed HO scale GE B36-7 from Rapido Trains highlights this episode of Cody’s Office. Group Technical Editor Cody Grivno takes this ESU LokSound-equipped locomotive to the Model Railroader staff’s Wisconsin & Southern model train layout for a quick demo. In addition to […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Reduce, reuse, recycle isn’t always a practical or common practice in model railroading. Even so, David and Cody are willing to put in a hardy, hands-on effort to reclaim the original trackwork from the Jones Island section of our HO scale Milwaukee, Racine, […]
Today we find B&O # 195 box cab delivering two tank cars to the Criswell Oil Company and picking up the empties. Model is a Roundhouse from which the internal mechanisms and trucks have been removed. They are replaced with Stanton power and non-powered trucks from North West Short Line. Added features include an ESU […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Recently, Group Technical Editor Cody Grivno and Editor Carl Swanson hosted the Model Railroader segment of Product Palooza down in the workshop. Watch Cody and Carl as they go over the details of some new WalthersMainline HO scale boxcars. Enjoy these highlights from […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page See and hear a new ESU LokSound-equipped N scale GE Dash 9-44CW from ScaleTrains.com in Cody’s Office, part 2 for February 2020. You’ll also learn about a new HO caboose from Atlas and a new rail-served industry title from Kalmbach Books. At the […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of IMRR, host Steve Brown works on his N scale Port Smith to paint, weather, and ballast the trackwork, add a grade crossing, repaint the pavement, install structures, and lay down the base for the river. All this is done […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Gerry can’t get enough of the time-tested, helpful modeling suggestions offered up by Model Railroader magazine readers from the early days of the hobby. Don’t be surprised if you discover just how useful many of these construction tricks still are today! […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s Kathy Millatt shares a simple way to model an icy shoreline on her HO scale (1:87.1) wintry diorama. Even better, Kathy’s technique doesn’t require a single drop of resin to create ultra-realistic frozen effects! […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP reboots the popular Rehab My Railroad series with a new project effort on Model Railroader magazine’s HO scale Milwaukee, Racine, & Troy (MR&T) model railroad. Reality quickly sets in when top-notch modelers David Popp and Cody Grivno start sizing up Jones Island […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Before the demise of his HO scale Bona Vista Rwy., MRVP Contributing Editor Gerry Leone couldn’t help but to launch into one final layout project. Follow along with Gerry’s effort to turn a vacant space into a town location he’s named Eagle […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Starting with this episode in February 2020, Cody’s Office will be brought to you twice a month. In this episode, Group Technical Editor Cody Grivno will show you a selection of new model railroading products, including a quick demo of a sound-equipped Atlas […]
