Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This week associate editor Cody Grivno answers some of your questions concerning the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy, the Model Railroader club layout. Topics include layout wiring suggestions and a question about the rolling boxcar in the opening scene. New model railroading products highlighted […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Learn painting tips that will make the knuckle couplers on your model railroad rolling stock look more realistic. In addition to modeling tips, associate editor Cody Grivno shows you some of the latest products to arrive in the Model Railroader offices. […]
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Don’t miss the last episode of our Building Bay Junction video journal. The editors wrap up the series by describing the various finished structures and scenes on the Model Railroader HO scale Bay Junction model train layout. Be sure to post your comments below, and thank you for watching! […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows you how he secured this fence section to our new HO scale Virginian project model train layout. Cody will also give you a tip for using track cutters on flextrack.You’ll also see new model railroading products, […]
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Model Railroader executive editor Andy Sperandeo finishes up the corn syrup transloading terminal in Williams Bay. He’s adding a Walthers HO scale chain link fence. Associate editor Cody Grivno is in the workshop detailing diesel locomotives for the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. You’ll also see associate editors Steve Otte and Kent Johnson working on other […]
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In this episode Model Railroader executive editor Andy Sperandeo discusses the prototypical arrangement of the signals in Bay Junction. He’ll also show you some of the trackside details that he added to some of the turnouts on our HO scale model train layout. Managing editor David Popp then gives an overview of a typical day […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Happy April Fools! This week Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to model patched-out freight cars without having to do any masking. New products include an N scale GP15-1 diesel locomotive from Atlas, HO scale 77-foot Pullman Standard chair cars from […]
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Some areas of the Model Railroader staff’s Bay Junction model train layout have been declared finished, but there are still a few places that need some finishing touches. Associate editor Cody Grivno is working on some loose ends in between the rails of the track, while senior editor Dana Kawala finishes up the fertilizer plant […]
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The town of Williams Bay takes shape on the HO scale Bay Junction project. Model Railroader associate editor Steve Otte shows some of the scratchbuilt interior buildings that he made for a block of structures from a Walthers Merchant’s Row kit. On the opposite end of the layout, executive editor Andy Sperandeo installed a kitbashed […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page You may have already checked out our new Virginian Ry. layout on the Model Railroader webcam. In this week’s Cody’s Office Model Railroader staff members Eric Stelpflug and Neil Besougloff will show you how they make puffball trees for this model train layout. […]
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Editor Neil Besougloff declares one end of the Model Railroader staff’s Bay Junction project model train layout complete. On the other end of the layout, Neil and managing editor David Popp continue to rejuvenate scenery with additional ground cover. David has also installed and painted rock castings for the riverbed. […]
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The wiring is just about finished on the Bay Junction project layout. Managing editor David Popp shows you how to power turnout frogs. On this model railroad we’re using Peco track and turnouts and running trains with Digital Command Control (DCC). David has also installed a Tam Valley Depot Hex Frog Juicer and will describe […]
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