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Painting & Weathering

Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Kitbashing industrial structures – Part 3
Sep 16, 2015

Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Kitbashing industrial structures – Part 3

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode, David begins painting the small…

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Red Oak Series: Weathering N scale locomotives
Jun 29, 2015

Red Oak Series: Weathering N scale locomotives

Three colors of paint, an airbrush, and a couple of hours is all MRVP’s David Popp needed to enhance three…

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Red Oak Series: Weathering freight cars
May 27, 2015

Red Oak Series: Weathering freight cars

Now that scenes on Model Railroader magazine’s 3 x 7-foot N scale Red Oak layout are nearly compete, MR associate…

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Olympia Logging Series: Part 30 – Steam locomotive weathering
Oct 22, 2014

Olympia Logging Series: Part 30 – Steam locomotive weathering

While we’ve addressed how to weather modern diesel locomotives in other MRVP videos, David Popp takes on the challenge of…

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Olympia Logging Series: Part 12 – Backdrop painting
Jul 3, 2014

Olympia Logging Series: Part 12 – Backdrop painting

Using little more than a cardstock template and a couple paint colors, artist Jay Smith shows viewers just how quick…

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Thin Branch Series: Weathering corrugated metal structures with an airbrush
Aug 30, 2013

Thin Branch Series: Weathering corrugated metal structures with an airbrush

Although simulated corrugated metal siding on plastic structure kits has good molded detail, it takes some careful painting to make…

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Thin Branch Series: Painting track with an airbrush
Mar 30, 2013

Thin Branch Series: Painting track with an airbrush

To make your track look realistic, you need to paint it. Cody Grivno shows you how he painted the track…

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