Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page David’s scratchbuilt sawmill needed a roof. So in this episode of his Olympia Logging Co. On30 layout expansion blog, he’ll share how to model a tin roof using corrugated styrene sheet. Watch and learn how to measure, cut, install, paint, and weather the […]
Section: Scenery
City Terminal & Transfer Series: Episode 10 Sticky Stuff
With the basic landforms now in place, David and Kent can now work to fill in the gaps and create realistic terrain for the O gauge CT&T Railway. The two share techniques for working with foam insulation board, paper-thin foam sheets, foam packing peanuts, plaster cloth, and Sculptamold. […]
Canadian Canyons Series: Kamloops Lake Water, Part 1
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Work on the Canadian Canyons scenery keeps rolling forward. An all-star trio (David, Eric, and Kent) takes on the task of modeling the seldom viewed right-of-way along Kamloops Lake, complete with stone arch viaducts, red rock cliffs, and murky lake water. See how […]
City Terminal & Transfer Series: Episode 9 Roadwork Ahead!
Kent and David forge ahead by adding a main thoroughfare up to The Big City on their O gauge CT&T Railway. But rather than terminate Main Street when it reaches the elevated city center, Kent shows how a short truss bridge can be used to keep the roadway traffic rolling right along! […]
Canadian Canyons Series: Fraser River Water, Part 2
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The hardened resin water David added (Part 1) to our Canadian Canyons N scale layout is now ready for additional details. In this episode, David demonstrates how to use Woodland Scenics Surface Water – Water Waves product to model the swirling flow of […]
Olympia 2, The Log Blog: Part 16 – Sawmill Saga
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page David dives into construction of a scratchbuilt sawmill for his Olympia Logging Co. On30 layout expansion. He shares insights gathered from researching the Phillips Bros. steam-powered mill built 1933 in Oak Run, California (https://youtu.be/zAvurSjBVW8). David then shows how he used this knowledge to […]
Canadian Canyons Series: Fraser River Water, Part 1
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Now that the surrounding Fraser River Canyon scenery is done, David can finally add realistic river water! In this episode of the Canadian Canyons Series, you’ll see just what it takes to prep the plywood layout surface, and then mix and apply the […]
Canadian Canyons Series: Scenery All-Stars, Part 4 Highway installation and scenery
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP All-Stars Cody Grivno and Ben Lake get back to installing the roadway section representing the Trans-Canada Highway. After Ben prepares the pavement, Cody then shows how to groom the shoulders, place safety barriers, and add scenery textures between the rocks and the […]
City Terminal & Transfer Series: Episode 8 Filler
In this installment of our O gauge City Terminal & Transfer Railway series, Kent expands The Big City limits by extending the elevated sections over the tracks and out to the edge of the layout. After that, he then fills in a few gaps with yet another type of foam! […]
Canadian Canyons Series: Scenery All-Stars, Part 3 – Forestry along the rock faces
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP All-Stars David Popp and Jenny Freeland team up to plant a full forest of trees in the craggy mountain walls along this Fraser Canyon scene. While the tree canopy will be dense in this part of our N scale (1:160) Canadian Canyons […]
City Terminal & Transfer Series: Episode 7 – Foam Foundation
Kent really likes working foam materials into various parts of the layouts he builds, including the O gauge City Terminal & Transfer Railway. After installing the layout’s pink foam tabletop, KJ turns to a different type of foam product made by Woodland Scenics. Follow along as he shows how to use foam risers and inclines […]
City Terminal & Transfer Series: Episode 6 – City Planners
Now that the trackwork is in place on the City Terminal & Transfer Railway, Kent Johnson and Bob Keller turn their attention to planning the urban scenery. In this video, you’ll see how careful consideration of a structure’s footprint allows the guys to place a wide array of city and industrial structures made by Menards, […]