The Roundhouse: Episode 22

Hal Miller and Tony Koester

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this “single-stall” edition of The Roundhouse, host Hal Miller welcomes Model Railroader magazine contributing editor Tony Koester to the table to chat about this friend, pioneering model railroader Allen McClelland, and his multiple Virginian & Ohio HO scale layouts. Although Allen no […]

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Rehab My Railroad: Episode 5

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page The Rehab crew returns to Chuck Sable’s basement to take on his toughest layout challenge yet. Chuck and David Popp start in on a street lighting project, but quickly get sidetracked troubleshooting a pesky DCC issue. Cody “Two Brat” Grivno keeps his head […]

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Cody’s Workshop: Episode 22 – Layering backdrops

Cody Grivno sitting at his workbench introducing a project

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Show host Cody Grivno is on a mission to enhance a city scene on the MR&T HO scale layout. In this episode, he shows how to prepare and install multiple layers of printed photo-backdrops to give even a narrow scene a greater sense […]

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Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for December 2014

Inside Cody's Office for December 2014

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page An HO scale CF7 from Athearn and N scale freight cars from Atlas and Micro-Trains are among the new products that arrived in Cody’s Office this month. Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno will also show you how to model seagulls using models […]

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Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for December 2014

Inside Cody's Office for December 2014

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page An HO scale CF7 from Athearn and N scale freight cars from Atlas and Micro-Trains are among the new products that arrived in Cody’s Office this month. Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno will also show you how to model seagulls using models […]

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Rehab My Railroad: Episode 4

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of Rehab My Railroad, MR’s Cody Grivno shows layout owner Chuck Sable how to enhance an open lot by adding a realistic grass mat and fence. Cody makes more improvements to the station parking lot too. Meanwhile, MRVP’s David Popp […]

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Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page The Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum in Wheeling, West Virginia, maintains multiple layouts (O & HO scale) and vintage toys that you can see in this PBS Tracks Ahead video on MR Video Plus. […]

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History According to Hediger: Interlocking insights

Man with model interlocking machine

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader magazine’s senior editor Jim Hediger returns to the MRVP studio! In this episode, he first explains how a real plant works, before describing how former MR editors Paul Larson and Gordon Odegard engineered a model for use on an HO scale […]

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Cody’s Workshop: Episode 21 – Using etched-metal parts to upgrade freight cars

Cody working on a freight car

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page While Santa’s Workshop hustles to build trains for good girls and boys, Cody’s Workshop stays busy enhancing freight cars with etched-metal parts! Host Cody Grivno shows how he replaced his covered hopper’s plastic roof walkway with a see-through metal component from Plano Model […]

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Cody’s Workshop: Episode 20 – Build a simple stripwood fence

stripwood fence

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Cody Grivno escapes the workbench to prepare a simple fence for a new scene on the MR&T, the Model Railroader staff’s HO scale layout. In addition to building the fence for this Thanksgiving edition of Cody’s Workshop, Cody also takes time to […]

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