Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Kathy Millatt walks through the steps for transforming files into actual detail parts printed on her 3-D printer. In this episode, she also shows how to prep and finish the resin oil drums. […]
Scale: N Scale
How-to Library: 3D Printing – Modeling with Autodesk Fusion 3D, Part 1
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP Contributing Editor Kathy Millatt explores the brave new world of 3D printing. Follow along as she walks through the process for making a simple 50-gallon oil drum in various scales. In this episode Kathy shows how to get started with the software […]
How-to Library: 3D Printing, Part 2 – From File to Full-blown Reality
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Kathy Millatt walks through the steps for transforming files into actual detail parts printed on her 3-D printer. In this episode, she also shows how to prep and finish the resin oil drums. […]
World’s Greatest Hobby on Tour kicks off soon!
On January 5th, the World’s Greatest Hobby on Tour kicks off its 2019 season. The show will visit 4 cities as follows: • January 5-6, 2019 – Schaumburg, IL – Schaumburg Convention Center • January 12-13, 2019 – Oaks, PA – Greater Philadelphia Expo Center • February 9-10, 2019 – Council Bluffs, IA – Mid-America […]
New model trains for the week of December 20, 2018
HO scale locomotives General Electric Dash 9-44CW. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (red-and-silver warbonnet, three road numbers); BC Rail (red, white, and blue and solid blue schemes, two numbers each); BNSF Ry. (Heritage II scheme, three numbers); CSX (yellow, blue, and gray scheme, three numbers); Norfolk Southern (red-and-gray scheme, one number); and Union Pacific (as-delivered […]
Canadian Canyons Series: Thompson River Scenery, Part 2
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Time for the resin pour to proceed along the Thompson River section of our N scale layout. David works through the steps for calculating, mixing, tinting, and then pouring the initial batch of Deep Pour Water from Woodland Scenics. […]
Canadian Canyons Series: Thompson River Scenery, Part 2
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Time for the resin pour to proceed along the Thompson River section of our N scale layout. David works through the steps for calculating, mixing, tinting, and then pouring the initial batch of Deep Pour Water from Woodland Scenics. […]
VIDEO: N scale Norfolk Southern Pocahontas Division
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Scott Teague’s N scale Pocahontas Division models the Norfolk Southern through West Virginia in the 1990s. Plenty of coal and intermodal traffic snake through the Appalachian Scenery of this 18 x 42-foot layout featured in Great Model Railroads 2019. As an online bonus […]
VIDEO: N scale Norfolk Southern Pocahontas Division
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Scott Teague’s N scale Pocahontas Division models the Norfolk Southern through West Virginia in the 1990s. Plenty of coal and intermodal traffic snake through the Appalachian Scenery of this 18 x 42-foot layout featured in Great Model Railroads 2019. As an online bonus […]
Bachmann N Sound Value Baldwin 2-8-0
Bachmann N Sound Value Baldwin 2-8-0 It was only a few months ago – in the September 2018 issue – that we last reviewed a Baldwin 2-8-0 steam locomotive from Bachmann. But that was an HO scale model. Bachmann’s new Consolidation is an N scale model. This freight hauler is well detailed, nicely decorated, and […]
New model railroading products for the week of December 13, 2018
Athearn Trains HO scale EMD SD40T-2 tunnel motor News & Products for the week of December 13, 2018 HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD40T-2 diesel locomotive. Denver & Rio Grande Western, Southern Pacific (speed lettering with D&RGW reporting marks in two road numbers, Roman lettering in four numbers), St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt), and Union […]
N scale Union Railroad progress update
See what’s new on DJ Arlia’s N scale Union Railroad layout. Some of the features include a scratchbuilt engine house, steel mills, rivers, barges, massive bridges, and more! […]