HO scale St. George

HOscaleStGeorge

Name: St. George Layout owner: John Ottman Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12 x 16 feet Prototype: freelanced, inspired by Louisville & Nashville, Norfolk & Western, Southern Ry., Wheeling & Lake Erie Locale: Appalachian Mountains Era: steam-to-diesel transition Style: walk-in Mainline run: 70 feet Minimum radius: 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 3 percent Benchwork: […]

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Custom HO scale Aerotrain – 1950s movie and how it was made

Model of aerotrain locomotive

A 1950s-style documentary of my HO scale Aerotrain locomotive and observation car. Now a fully DCC and sound operational locomotive, it started out as a 1960s Bowser “toy” shell. Except for the shell, all parts came from other HO and O gauge part sources and many were custom made. Though not my best work at […]

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JLWII2000 Video: Athearn Genesis HO EMD SD70M

Athearn Genesis HO EMD SD70M box

    In this exclusive video for Model Railroader from James Wright of the JLWII2000 YouTube channel, you’ll see highlights of the superdetailed HO scale SD70M from Athearn Trains. Part of the firm’s Genesis series, the diesel locomotive model features a SoundTraxx Tsunami2 Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. […]

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Custom HO scale Aerotrain – 1950s movie and how it was made

Model of aerotrain locomotive

A 1950s-style documentary of my HO scale Aerotrain locomotive and observation car. Now a fully DCC and sound operational locomotive, it started out as a 1960s Bowser “toy” shell. Except for the shell, all parts came from other HO and O gauge part sources and many were custom made. Though not my best work at […]

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JLWII2000 Video: Athearn Genesis HO EMD SD70M

Athearn Genesis HO EMD SD70M box

    In this exclusive video for Model Railroader from James Wright of the JLWII2000 YouTube channel, you’ll see highlights of the superdetailed HO scale SD70M from Athearn Trains. Part of the firm’s Genesis series, the diesel locomotive model features a SoundTraxx Tsunami2 Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. […]

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Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for April 2018

Cody Grivno in his office

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page A new Amtrak electric in HO, protein gons in N, HO scale covered hopper kits, and an exciting new book highlight the new model railroading products in the April installment of Cody’s Office. Down in the Model Railroader workshop associate editor Cody Grivno […]

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Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for April 2018

Cody Grivno in his office

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page A new Amtrak electric in HO, protein gons in N, HO scale covered hopper kits, and an exciting new book highlight the new model railroading products in the April installment of Cody’s Office. Down in the Model Railroader workshop associate editor Cody Grivno […]

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Cody’s Workshop: Episode 26 – Modeling emergency grain cars, Part 1

Cody Grivno’s Workshop Part 26

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode, Cody demonstrates techniques for modeling old stock cars some railroads used in grain service. You’ll see how he first preps and primes the kit, before painting subtle weathering effects using a micro-brush. He also shows how to mask and then […]

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Cody’s Workshop: Episode 26 – Modeling emergency grain cars, Part 1

Cody Grivno’s Workshop Part 26

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode, Cody demonstrates techniques for modeling old stock cars some railroads used in grain service. You’ll see how he first preps and primes the kit, before painting subtle weathering effects using a micro-brush. He also shows how to mask and then […]

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HO scale Leadville & Red Cliff RR

HOscaleLeadvilleRedCliff

Name: Leadville & Red Cliff RR Layout owner: Bill Brown Scale: HO and HOn3 (1:87.1) Size: 25 x 40 feet Prototype: Union Pacific, BNSF Ry. (lower level); Denver & Rio Grande Western, Rio Grande Southern, and Silverton RR narrow gauge lines (upper level) Locale: central Colorado Era: present day (lower level), 1949 (D&RGW and RGS), […]

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