Ask MRVP: Episode 46

David introduces a video while standing in the MR&T layout room at Kalmbach Media.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page David Popp and his colleagues are back to answer your hobby-related questions regarding scenery, backdrops, MR products and project layouts, DC wiring, modeling glue, and more! […]

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The Garden Variety Railroad Show: Introduction, Episode 1

Man and women kneeling to inspect plants on a garden railroad.

As previously highlighted in the Rehab My Railroad: Outdoors episodes, the task of restoring Kent Johnson’s small garden railway (1:29 scale) seems to be an on-going effort. While the work on his main line continues in this new series, Kent, Rene, Cody, and others will also introduce you to topics, techniques, tools, projects, and places […]

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Steel Mill Operation, Part One “The Coal Dumper Job”

Model locomotive near steel mill

Check out operations on Thomas Wilson’s Union Railroad, Clairton Coke Works layout. The layout was featured on page 69 in Bernie Kempinski’s book “The Model Railroader Guide to Steel Mills.” Information was taken from Thomas’ late uncle on the operation, who was a Union RR engineer for 38 years in the plant. This is part […]

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Olympia 2, The Log Blog: Summer Camp 5 Afternoon

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page David wraps up summer camp by painting figures and other details to complete his logging camp scene. Then he takes his finished stock car for a run on the layout. And finally, did he put that tree back into the scene or not? […]

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