It’s My Railroad with Steve Brown: Scenery-making marathon, Ep. 13

It’s my Railroad with Steve Brown Part 13

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Steve Brown truly covers lots of ground (pun intended) in this episode! Watch as he uses “Regular Guy” techniques to add color, texture, and even trees to work along and above the banks of his N scale layout’s harbor scene.   […]

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Let’s Make A Scene: Episode 16

Let’s Make a Scene with Kathy Millatt Part 16

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Now that Kathy Millatt’s HO scale (1:87.1) wintry diorama is frozen in time, she can turn her attention to adding frosty features to a freight car! Check out Kathy’s techniques for layering up realistic snow and ice effects, using commercially available products. […]

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Let’s Make A Scene: Episode 16

Let’s Make a Scene with Kathy Millatt Part 16

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Now that Kathy Millatt’s HO scale (1:87.1) wintry diorama is frozen in time, she can turn her attention to adding frosty features to a freight car! Check out Kathy’s techniques for layering up realistic snow and ice effects, using commercially available products. […]

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Twisting model trees from wire

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When he needed a few deciduous trees for his HO scale layout, Robert Pethoud turned to a tried-and-true method – hand-twisting armatures from florist’s wire. Coating the trunks in a mix of plaster and glue realistically simulates bark. All photos by Robert Pethoud. Fig. 1 Big and small. Robert used 30AWG florist’s wire for the […]

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It’s My Railroad with Steve Brown: Port water rescue!, Ep. 12

It’s my Railroad with Steve Brown Part 12

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of IMRR, host Steve Brown works on his N scale Port Smith to paint, weather, and ballast the trackwork, add a grade crossing, repaint the pavement, install structures, and lay down the base for the river. All this is done […]

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It’s My Railroad with Steve Brown: Port water rescue!, Ep. 12

It’s my Railroad with Steve Brown Part 12

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of IMRR, host Steve Brown works on his N scale Port Smith to paint, weather, and ballast the trackwork, add a grade crossing, repaint the pavement, install structures, and lay down the base for the river. All this is done […]

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Off The Rails: Construction Kinks continued, Episode 47

Off the Rails with Gerry Leone Episode 47

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Gerry can’t get enough of the time-tested, helpful modeling suggestions offered up by Model Railroader magazine readers from the early days of the hobby. Don’t be surprised if you discover just how useful many of these construction tricks still are today! […]

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Off The Rails: Construction Kinks continued, Episode 47

Off the Rails with Gerry Leone Episode 47

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Gerry can’t get enough of the time-tested, helpful modeling suggestions offered up by Model Railroader magazine readers from the early days of the hobby. Don’t be surprised if you discover just how useful many of these construction tricks still are today! […]

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Let’s Make A Scene: Episode 15 Frozen Lake Effects

Let’s Make a Scene with Kathy Millatt Part 15

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s Kathy Millatt shares a simple way to model an icy shoreline on her HO scale (1:87.1) wintry diorama. Even better, Kathy’s technique doesn’t require a single drop of resin to create ultra-realistic frozen effects! […]

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Let’s Make A Scene: Episode 15 Frozen Lake Effects

Let’s Make a Scene with Kathy Millatt Part 15

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s Kathy Millatt shares a simple way to model an icy shoreline on her HO scale (1:87.1) wintry diorama. Even better, Kathy’s technique doesn’t require a single drop of resin to create ultra-realistic frozen effects! […]

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How-to Library: Turning Spaces into Places II, Part 1 – Out on the Town

Gerry Leone front of his model layout.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page   Before the demise of his HO scale Bona Vista Rwy., MRVP Contributing Editor Gerry Leone couldn’t help but to launch into one final layout project. Follow along with Gerry’s effort to turn a vacant space into a town location he’s named Eagle […]

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Turning Spaces into Places II, Part 1 – Out on the Town

Gerry Leone front of his model layout.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page   Before the demise of his HO scale Bona Vista Rwy., MRVP Contributing Editor Gerry Leone couldn’t help but to launch into one final layout project. Follow along with Gerry’s effort to turn a vacant space into a town location he’s named Eagle […]

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