Canadian Canyons Series: Part 3 – Installing mounting plates

David Popp holding drill

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Our N scale project layout features a short extension that can be easily detached from the main layout framework. In this video, David shows how to build and install the plywood mounting plates that make it all work! […]

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Canadian Canyons Series: Part 3 – Installing mounting plates

David Popp holding drill

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Our N scale project layout features a short extension that can be easily detached from the main layout framework. In this video, David shows how to build and install the plywood mounting plates that make it all work! […]

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Canadian Canyons Series: Part 2 – Legs and wheels

David Popp under benchwork

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page The next stage of framework construction takes creature comforts into consideration! In this video, David first discusses how to establish the ideal layout height. He then shows how to install the layout legs, complete with sturdy casters that help keep model railroads on […]

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Canadian Canyons Series: Part 2 – Legs and wheels

David Popp under benchwork

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page The next stage of framework construction takes creature comforts into consideration! In this video, David first discusses how to establish the ideal layout height. He then shows how to install the layout legs, complete with sturdy casters that help keep model railroads on […]

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Olympia 2, The Log Blog: Part 1 – Olympia on the Move!

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s David Popp plans to keep the wintertime woes away by building an addition to the Olympia Logging Co. On30 display-style layout we started in 2014. Even better, he’ll host a video blog highlighting the planning and construction of the extension. But first, […]

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Olympia 2, The Log Blog: Part 1 – Olympia on the Move!

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s David Popp plans to keep the wintertime woes away by building an addition to the Olympia Logging Co. On30 display-style layout we started in 2014. Even better, he’ll host a video blog highlighting the planning and construction of the extension. But first, […]

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Canadian Canyons Series: Part 1 – Building the framework

David Popp with wood pieces

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page The fun begins as David Popp launches into the effort to assemble our N scale Canadian Canyons project layout! In this first of several videos addressing benchwork, David shows how to use a butt-joint framing technique to build a substructure that’s both rigid […]

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Canadian Canyons Series: Part 1 – Building the framework

David Popp with wood pieces

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page The fun begins as David Popp launches into the effort to assemble our N scale Canadian Canyons project layout! In this first of several videos addressing benchwork, David shows how to use a butt-joint framing technique to build a substructure that’s both rigid […]

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Off The Rails: Episode 6

Fingers holding a small metal ring.

This episode of Off The Rails is nuts! But it’ll make perfect sense to a smart and savvy model railroader like you, and the show host Gerry Leone! While Gerry ventures away from the rails, he still manages to keep right on track in one particular aisle of his local hardware store. Join him as […]

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Off The Rails: Episode 1

Man wearing glasses and bathrobe talking on a phone.

Master Model Railroader Gerry Leone brings his honed skills and a keen sense of humor back to MR Video Plus! In this series debut of Off The Rails with Gerry Leone, our pal Gerry (and assistant Loretta) highlights not one, not Two, but THREE great tools he’s discovered and uses often to make modeling efforts […]

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Off The Rails: Episode 1

Man wearing glasses and bathrobe talking on a phone.

Master Model Railroader Gerry Leone brings his honed skills and a keen sense of humor back to MR Video Plus! In this series debut of Off The Rails with Gerry Leone, our pal Gerry (and assistant Loretta) highlights not one, not Two, but THREE great tools he’s discovered and uses often to make modeling efforts […]

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