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Structures and trackwork dominate this episode of the Model Railroader staff’s Rice Harbor video journal. Associate editor Steve Otte describes the lighthouse for Rice Harbor. Steve built the structure from a Branchline Trains kit, and the model also features a working beacon. Editor Neil Besougloff is also at the workbench finishing up a depot, coal dealer, and Railway Express Agency building for the layout. Back on the layout, associate editor Cody Grivno will describes some of the benefits of using an airbrush to weather model railroad track.
I did indeed contact Customer Service as Steve suggested and they were spot on in helping me. It seems someone at the video provider had upgraded the system and didn't inform MR . Anyway I know can get all of the videos after the upgrade. Keep up the great work – glad I am a subscriber to both MR and MRVP.
I'm with you Steve. For the first couple of times I heard the guys soddering (soldering) track etc I was wondering what they were talking about. I've gotten used to it now.
Proof that the videos are great when all that is picked up is some grammar. Keep up the good work, always looking forward to the next episode.
I'm losing sleep! The loom of that darned lighthouse keeps shining through my BR window at night. I'm going to send the keeper a letter to see if he will put up a barrier so the beacon does not shine shoreward! (just kidding)
Thanks Larry Hurd for your comment about what I now call, "puttin' in time workin' on the road gang". I gave my boys a "Durango Silverton" set from Bachman and have designed a 42" x 55" mining scene for it which I thought would be a nice quick learning experience in prep for a much larger layout later. We are now about 1/3rd done with it a year later!
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Good, helpful tips on this video both spoken and visual in the finished layout. I especially like the wooden ties for end-of-track car stops as I see these at most small and older industries where the railroads really cut costs for operations… I've used them on my layout for years and it really adds to the realism. Thanks and keep up the good work!
This video was well done gents. I liked Steve's extra detail on the lighthouse ie flashing and turning the shingles over to simulate weathering. I also like the descriptions of materials used by specific manufacturer's. I appreciate Neil's comments that this layout would take a couple of years to build. I have been working on my HO 9×12 Erie layout for about 3 years now and still am not running any trains.Getting closer though. Thanks guys for all the details and information for inspiration. Awesome!
for Steve… in the US, its "sahder"
Not in US english… http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/solder?s=t
"Two peoples divided by a common language" : )
I also am having trouble with the RH videos. Both the MR Newsletter and the Video Plus Newsletter seem to have the same problem, they never seem to finish downloading. Other MR and VP files seem to work fine. I successfully downloaded and watched the Thin Branch video from this newsletter.
Back in part one when David compared Rice Harbor to Daytona as a tri-oval I thought that was pretty good. Since David has a Mini he must also be a car guy and a train guy.
Keep up the good work – general suggestion about videos – could you please put something like a date/time stamp in the video description – especially on the Layout Visit videos – have no way of keeping track of which ones are new, etc
I can not get any of the Rice Harbor videos to play . However , I can get all other videos to play on the MR website . Did you guys do anything different with the RH
videos? I am a MRV subscriber – Help.
Great job guys – but PLEASE Cody – its SOLDER – SOL – DER and not sodder!
Cody Grivno one man track laborer team!
Just wanted to add some more to the statement about most houses being white. That's correct. If not white, typical colors were green, gray, and light yellow, with, believe it or not, occasional pink. But most would be white. Along with being white, typical roof colors were black, deep red, and green. If the house trim were painted, it would often be in the same color as the roof — black, red, or green. Also, most houses in the south have porches. Porches of the era often had the deck painted gray, red, or green, with gray being most common.