Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Dave Nenna’s N scale Tehachapi Subdivision captures the vast desert landscape in just 11 x 13 feet. He also modeled street-running in Modesto, Calif., on his detailed model train layout. Watch the freight trains run through the superdetailed scenery on this N scale […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this MR Video Plus exclusive visit to Mike Danneman’s Rio Grande Moffat Road N scale layout, you’ll witness some of the finest scenery you’ll ever see on a model railroad of any size or scale! Follow along with Mike as he takes […]
This PBS Tracks Ahead segment visits the Fillmore & Western Railway, home of the “movie trains”, located in Fillmore, Calif. The operating collection of railroad equipment and various sites have been featured in numerous cinematic presentations. […]
Name: Eric Schade Forum User Name: captain perry Railroad Name: Winnegance and Quebec Location: Phippsburg, Maine Scale: 1:13.7 (7/8″=1 foot) Theme: Maine two foot gauge Description: Life in small town Maine is full of interesting characters. you see some of them as the train snakes through the woods and over the covered bridges. Most of […]
Good looking scenery includes a variety of layered textures and colors. We’ll take a look at how to build some of those first scenic layers on our HO scale project railroad, including this hillside. Bill Zuback photo You may be surprised to find that the biggest part of building our HO Black River Junction project […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this new episode of Ask MRVP, host David Popp stops clowning with the turnout soldering situation from episode 2. After showing you a tenable solution, David then tackles several other questions posed by viewers like you! Keep those inquiries coming for your […]
This is a 4K test video of my City Edge layout. My brother Rex was in town last summer and shot this street level video with his GoPro mini camera. The video might be jumpy because YouTube still has trouble rendering this super high def video, but the image can still be stunning! […]
Model Railroader senior editor Dana Kawala installed a Train Control Systems WOWDiesel Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder and TCS WOWSound speaker into a Kato HO scale F40PH. Check out some of the features of this new DCC sound decoder. […]
Now that scenes on Model Railroader magazine’s 3 x 7-foot N scale Red Oak layout are nearly compete, MR associate editor Eric White turns his attention to enhancing the rolling stock with realistic weathering effects. In this video, Eric shares his techniques for applying weathering powders on both dark and light-colored freight cars. […]
This is the new part of my On30 Turtle Creek Central model railroad. […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Every layout, including MRVP’s HO scale Winston-Salem Southbound Railway, needs a foundation or “subroadbed” for attaching trackwork. In this video, David Popp shows how to install plywood subroadbed over L-girder benchwork. Along the way, he pauses to share helpful tips for making minor […]
