Member video: Pulling empties on the HO scale Iowa Interstate

Pulling empties on the HO scale Iowa Interstate

Follow Train DMSW-08 as it pulls two empties from Beisser Lumber in Grimes on the Iowa Interstate’s Grimes Industrial Track. James McNab shot this video on his HO scale Iowa Interstate model railroad. See more of this modern-era model railroad, including a track plan, in Model Railroad Planning 2014! […]

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Member video: Pulling empties on the HO scale Iowa Interstate

Pulling empties on the HO scale Iowa Interstate

Follow Train DMSW-08 as it pulls two empties from Beisser Lumber in Grimes on the Iowa Interstate’s Grimes Industrial Track. James McNab shot this video on his HO scale Iowa Interstate model railroad. See more of this modern-era model railroad, including a track plan, in Model Railroad Planning 2014! […]

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Video: HO scale New York & Long Branch model railroad

HO scale New York & Long Branch model railroad

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Kevin Surman models the New York & Long Branch RR, a short line that was jointly owned by the Central RR of New Jersey and the Pennsylvania RR, in the late 1950s. Watch passenger and freight trains run through detailed model railroad scenery, […]

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Video: HO scale New York & Long Branch model railroad

HO scale New York & Long Branch model railroad

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Kevin Surman models the New York & Long Branch RR, a short line that was jointly owned by the Central RR of New Jersey and the Pennsylvania RR, in the late 1950s. Watch passenger and freight trains run through detailed model railroad scenery, […]

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Video: Allen McClelland’s HO scale Virginian & Ohio K&M Subdivision

Allen McClelland’s HO scale Virginian & Ohio K&M Subdivision

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page The K&M Subdivision is the third incarnation of influential model railroader Allen McClelland’s HO scale Virginian & Ohio. The model train layout is actually part of Gerry Albers’ Virginian Ry. Deepwater District. To read about the latest version of the V&O, be sure […]

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Video: Allen McClelland’s HO scale Virginian & Ohio K&M Subdivision

Allen McClelland’s HO scale Virginian & Ohio K&M Subdivision

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page The K&M Subdivision is the third incarnation of influential model railroader Allen McClelland’s HO scale Virginian & Ohio. The model train layout is actually part of Gerry Albers’ Virginian Ry. Deepwater District. To read about the latest version of the V&O, be sure […]

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Thin Branch Series: Backdrops part 2 – Hill highlights

Jay Smith painting a backdrop.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In part 2 of our backdrop series, painter Jay Smith starts filling in the background details. In this installment he adds mist to the valleys and small treetops and sun highlights to the mid-ground hills. […]

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Thin Branch Series: Backdrops part 2B – The river

Jay Smith painting a river.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Painting backdrops involves trial and error, even for professional artists. In part 2B of our backdrop series, Jay Smith shows you how he painted the river from start to finish, including changing colors “midstream” several times to get the right look. […]

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Thin Branch Series: Backdrops part 2 – Hill highlights

Jay Smith painting a backdrop.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In part 2 of our backdrop series, painter Jay Smith starts filling in the background details. In this installment he adds mist to the valleys and small treetops and sun highlights to the mid-ground hills. […]

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Thin Branch Series: Backdrops part 2B – The river

Jay Smith painting a river.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Painting backdrops involves trial and error, even for professional artists. In part 2B of our backdrop series, Jay Smith shows you how he painted the river from start to finish, including changing colors “midstream” several times to get the right look. […]

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Thin Branch Series: Backdrops part 1 – basic hills

Jay painting hills.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Need a painted backdrop for your model railroad? Learn the basics of painting with artist Jay Smith as he adds a backdrop to our Thin Branch project railroad. In part 1 of our series, Jay shows you how to work from photos to […]

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Thin Branch Series: Backdrops part 1 – basic hills

Jay painting hills.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Need a painted backdrop for your model railroad? Learn the basics of painting with artist Jay Smith as he adds a backdrop to our Thin Branch project railroad. In part 1 of our series, Jay shows you how to work from photos to […]

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