Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page New diesels, steamers, structures, and tools highlight this episode of Cody’s Office. Model Railroader technical editor Cody Grivno will also show you a tip for realistically modeling gravel roofs on your structure models. This month’s viewer mail includes: the code of the Peco […]
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Cody’s Workshop: Episode 33
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Too humid to paint? Even so, the sticky weather won’t keep Cody from using the downtime to work up some helpful hints for matching modeling paint colors. […]
Off The Rails: Episode 33
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of OTR, host Gerry Leone will help you make your list and check it twice! But rather than shopping before the holidays, he’s lining up modeling items to find when stores look to liquidate inventory after the festivities occur. […]
How-to Library: 3D Printing, Part 3 – Casting 3-D Printed Objects
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page To complete her 3-D printing efforts, Kathy now shares her process for casting detail parts by using the 3-D printed components (oil drums) to make a mold. […]
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. […]
Video Step by Step: River canyon scenery part 2
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Water, rocks, trees, and more, this installment of Video Step by Step has it all. In part 2, Cody builds the riverbed and then pours the resin for the water. He also includes tips for making realistic ripples on the water’s surface. […]
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 […]
The Bellflower Cricket on a cold day
Name: Shawn Viggiano Railroad Name: Kittatinny Mountain Railroad Location: Wantage, NJ Scale: 1:20.2 Theme: Logging Description: Bellflower live steam Cricket on a cold day […]
Christmas in the backwoods
Name: Shawn Viggiano Railroad Name: Kittatinny Mountain Railroad Location: Wantage, NJ Scale: 1:20.3 Theme: Logging Description: Accucraft live steam Shay pulling scratchbuilt log bogies […]
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Trains Presents: Little Heisler on the prairie
Heislers are rare geared steam locomotives. One in steam is even more rare. Join us in Freeport, Ill., to see Silver Creek & Stephenson No. 2 in action. […]