In-depth Product Review: Spring Mills Depot HO scale B&O I-12 caboose

Spring Mills Depot HO scale BO I12 caboose

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Want to see what MR Video Plus is about? Check out this free In-Depth Product Review video. Spring Mills Depot has released a limited run of Baltimore & Ohio I-12 cabooses in HO scale, and Jim Hediger puts the model to the test […]

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In-depth Product Review: Spring Mills Depot HO scale B&O I-12 caboose

Spring Mills Depot HO scale BO I12 caboose

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Want to see what MR Video Plus is about? Check out this free In-Depth Product Review video. Spring Mills Depot has released a limited run of Baltimore & Ohio I-12 cabooses in HO scale, and Jim Hediger puts the model to the test […]

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Santa Fe Ry., Emerald Springs Division

SantaFeRy.EmeraldSpringsDivision

Name: Santa Fe Ry., Emerald Springs Division Layout designer: Tom Noblitt Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 28-1⁄2 x 55 feet Prototype: Freelanced Locale: Southern Colorado Era: September 1956 Style: Walk-in Mainline run: 192 feet Minimum radius: 36″ (main) Minimum turnout: Peco no. 6 Maximum grade: 3.5 percent Originally appeared in the May 2013 Model Railroader. Click […]

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The Gypsy Trolley Line

Name: The Gypsy Trolley Line Layout designer: John Kosma Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 2 x 34 feet Prototype: freelanced, inspired by the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee and The Milwaukee Electric Ry. & Light Co. Locale: Milwaukee Era: 1939 to 1941 Style: freestanding, modular display Mainline run: 68 feet Minimum radius: 7″ Minimum turnout: no. […]

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In-depth Product Review: Bachmann HO scale Alco S-2

Bachmann HO scale Alco S2

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Dana reviews Bachmann’s new HO scale Alco S-2 switcher. Part of the Sound Value line, the switcher comes equipped with a DCC sound decoder, and we put it through its paces in this video. […]

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Video Step by Step: Weathering hoppers

Cody Grivno in the studio.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Our Winter Hill project railroad needed a lot of rock hoppers, and Cody Grivno shows you how he restenciled and weathered various Walthers models to fill out the fleet on the HO scale MR&T. […]

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Video Step by Step: Build a low-relief structure part 1

Cody Grivno building a low-relief structure kit.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this installment of Video Step by Step, Cody Grivno shows you how to build a low-relief structure kit that fits between the tracks and the backdrop. In part 1 he covers assembling plastic kits and basic painting. […]

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