Computer desktop wallpaper from the December 2017 Model Railroader

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Click on the links at left to download this image sized appropriately for your computer screen. It’s a snowy winter day in Gold Mine Gap on Ron Foreman’s HOn3 Devil’s Gulch & Helengon. The silver ore train must go through so the precious metal can be smelted into Christmas gifts. Click on the links below […]

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Canadian Canyons Series: Part 24 – Painting track

Hand painting track

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page MR’s Cody Grivno lends a hand to our Canadian Canyons N scale layout construction effort. Detailing trackwork is Cody’s forte, so in this video he’ll demonstrate the steps for painting and weathering a main line laid on concrete ties. Plus, he also shows […]

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Off The Rails: Episode 18

Off the Rails with Gerry Leone Episode 18

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page All filler, zero fluff in this episode of Off The Rails! This month, host Gerry Leone devoted an entire show to discussing how to fill those unsightly cracks, gaps, and seams on our assembled kits and models. As usual, you’ll be surprised where […]

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Canadian Canyons Series: Part 23 – Laying upper level track 2

David Popp next to layout track

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page With just a tad more trackwork required to finish off the upper level of our Canadian Canyons N scale layout, David Popp stumbles into a tricky patch where the main section connects with the detachable lobe. No worries, David shows you a bulletproof […]

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Canadian Canyons Series: Part 22 – Laying upper level track 1

David Popp next to layout track

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Another video on trackwork? Well, YES! This time David wanted to be sure you saw a couple techniques that weren’t addressed in the previous videos of our N scale Canadian Canyons Series. First up, David shows how to install a Tortoise by Circuitron […]

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Canadian Canyons Series: Part 21 – Mounting the fascia and staging yard panel

David Popp next to layout

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Nothing conveys the appearance of a finished layout more than smooth-flowing hardboard fascia! But even though our N scale Canadian Canyons layout isn’t completed quite yet, David shows you how to measure, cut, and secure fascia around the curvaceous perimeter of our project […]

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Canadian Canyons Series: Part 20 – Adding the upper deck 2

David Popp holding plywood next to layout

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page With the upper level framing in place, it’s now time for David to build out the plywood platform for our N scale Canadian Canyons layout. Once in this subroadbed is attached, David can then turn his attention to completing the trackwork and installing […]

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Canadian Canyons Series: Part 19 – Adding the upper deck 1

David Popp holding curved piece of wood

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this video, David builds the initial framework for the upper (visible) level of our N scale Canadian Canyons layout. But before, he tops off the lower section, he first shows how to hide some of the risers and supports found along the […]

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Olympia 2, The Log Blog: Part 9 – Keeping track of things

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Can you believe it? Trains are up and running on both the new and original sections of the Olympia Logging Co. On30 layout! But the “fun run” is short-lived, as David works to first complete the trackwork, and then install a short timber […]

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Bonus desktop wallpaper from Great Model Railroads 2018

Great Model Railroads 2018

Great Model Railroads 2018 features a wide variety of outstanding model train layouts in N, HO, O, and large scales. This month you can download images from all 11 model railroads to use as a background wallpaper on your computer screen. Click on the links below for the appropriately sized images. Want to see more […]

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Creative ideas for your garden railroad

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Photo 1 This plunging waterfall is on the author’s Hoot ’n’ Holler Railroad in northern Ohio. It is “pondless,” with an underground pump reservoir beneath the mill. Don Parker Photo 2 The waterwheel from the mill in photo 1 is built around a section of 4″ plastic drain pipe. Don Parker Photo 3 This telltale […]

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