Take a closer look: Find the accompanying text and pictures for John’s article, “Video 101: Along the line” in the Spring 2020 issue of Garden Railways magazine, page 12. […]
The Giraffe camera car stretches its neck
Section: Modeling
How to model hardwood trees
For nearly 30 years, when we lived in upstate New York, I would occasionally watch my husband, Lou, making trees for his HO scale West Hoosic Division RR. Over the years, together with his friend, Pete Darling, he managed to build and plant more than 4,000 HO scale hardwoods on his 22 x 26-foot layout. […]
The Giraffe camera car stretches its neck
Take a closer look: Find the accompanying text and pictures for John’s article, “Video 101: Along the line” in the Spring 2020 issue of Garden Railways magazine, page 12. […]
Kitbashing strategies for a feed mill
Tony describes how he kitbashed the feed mill, pictured on the left, of his portable O scale Wingate model railroad. Using parts from two Atlas O Ace Feed & Supply kits, Tony rearranged the side walls and added a second story turned sideways to create a more realistic footprint and to disguise the kit’s all-too-familiar […]
Computer desktop wallpaper from the March 2020 Model Railroader
Click on the links at left to download this image sized appropriately for your computer screen. The prominent sign of the beverage store at Thomasville Crossing is a prominent scene on Brian Wolfe’s HO scale Western Maryland Ry. Blue Ridge Division model train layout. The image is also this month’s featured desktop wallpaper download. Click […]
Video: Athearn Genesis HO scale Canadian National GP9 diesel
Roadname- and roadnumber-specific details abound on this pair of Canadian National GP9 diesel locomotives Both also come factory-equipped with SoundTraxx Tsunami2 Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoders. Watch senior editor Dana Kawala use the Geeps to work some freight along the Model Railroader staff layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
HO scale St. Louis Junction RR Co.
The layout at a glance Name: St. Louis Junction Layout designer: John Schindler Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 30 x 60 feet Prototype: BNSF Ry., CSX, Norfolk Southern, Terminal RR Association of St. Louis, and Union Pacific Locale: St. Louis area Era: 2010 Style: multi-deck walk-in Mainline run: 275 feet Minimum radius: 32″ Minimum turnout: no. […]
HO scale Western Maryland Ry. Blue Ridge Division
The layout at a glance Name: Western Maryland Ry. Blue Ridge Division Layout designer: Brian Wolfe Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 28 x 39 feet Prototype: Western Maryland Ry. Locale: Maryland/Pennsylvania border Era: 1970 Style: multilevel walk-in Mainline run: 200 feet Minimum radius: 29″ (main), 18″ (Hagerstown wye) Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (yards) […]
Olympia & Sand Creek: Benchwork, Episode 1
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page David is back to building out his O scale (1:48) Olympia Logging Co. On30 layout. But this time, he’s got a little bit of extra help from MRVP Contributing Editor Gerry Leone! Watch as the two team up to construct new benchwork for […]
Ask MRVP: Episode 49
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host David Popp is back for more Q&A in 2020. In this episode of Ask MRVP, he addresses model railroading topics ranging from trackwork to painting to freight/passenger car modeling to prototype railroading practices …and so much more! […]
Ask MRVP: Episode 49
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host David Popp is back for more Q&A in 2020. In this episode of Ask MRVP, he addresses model railroading topics ranging from trackwork to painting to freight/passenger car modeling to prototype railroading practices …and so much more! […]
Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for January 2020
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Group Technical Editor Cody Grivno demonstrates a Model Rectifier Corp. Prodigy Advanced Squared DCC system, a new narrow gauge steam locomotive from Bachmann Trains, and other new products to arrive at the Model Railroader offices this month. He even takes the new AtlasTrainKids […]
