In this episode, Camp Director David Popp gets his hands and several passenger cars good n’ grimy! Join the fun as he shares various airbrushing techniques for applying rusty, dirty, and grimy weathering effects appropriate for a streamlined passenger fleet. […]
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Summer Camp: Day 2 Afternoon
After allowing the paint to dry from the Day 2 morning session, Camp Director David Popp inspects the progress on his passenger car project. But no time to park on the trail, especially when he’s got a laser-cut wood tower kit to build. That new project starts here…only on Trains.com! […]
The Hills Line with James McNab: Highways & Byways, Episode 5
The Hills Line host James McNab takes you on a trip through road construction techniques on his HO scale layout. In particular, you’ll see his special attention to the design, installation, and coloring of a roadway grade crossing. Follow along to see how you too can build authentic, easily repeated roads and streets in any […]
MRVP Summer Camp: Day 3 Morning
A care package has arrived at camp, so David has plenty to keep him busy in this session! With parts now in-hand, our Camp Director leads us through the steps for installing a capacitor pack in his HO scale Rapido RS-11 diesel locomotive. […]
MRVP Summer Camp: Day 2 Afternoon
After allowing the paint to dry from the Day 2 morning session, Camp Director David Popp inspects the progress on his passenger car project. But no time to park on the trail, especially when he’s got a laser-cut wood tower kit to build. That new project starts here…only on MRVideoPlus.com! […]
MRVP Summer Camp: Day 2 Morning
In this episode, Camp Director David Popp gets his hands and several passenger cars good n’ grimy! Join the fun as he shares various airbrushing techniques for applying rusty, dirty, and grimy weathering effects appropriate for a streamlined passenger fleet. […]
PIKO re-railer
See the powered re-railer from PIKO in action in this special video. […]
HO scale Midwest & Southern Atlantic RR
The layout at a glance Name: Midwest & Southern Atlantic RR Layout owner: Dale Martell Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 8 x 22 feet Theme: freelanced Locale: Midwest to western North Carolina Era: 1954 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 78 feet Minimum radius: 24″ (main), 18″ (sidings) Minimum turnout: Peco small radius Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Benchwork: […]
How To
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How-to Library: Building a turntable, Part 2 – Installing ring rail and outer wall
With the pit base of the O scale laser-cut wood turntable kit now assembled, David jumps to the task of installing the ring rail and outer wall. […]
How-to Library: Building a turntable, Part 2 – Installing ring rail and outer wall
With the pit base of the O scale laser-cut wood turntable kit now assembled, David jumps to the task of installing the ring rail and outer wall. […]
The Hills Line with James McNab: Endless horizons, Episode 4
In this episode James McNab shares his techniques for using backdrops, fascias, and visual blocks. See how these features control the viewing angles and make the HO scale Hills Line, or any other layout, appear much larger than it actually is! […]