MR Insider Weekly: August 4, 2014

Drew Halverson

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page MR Insider Weekly for August 4, 2014, gives you a chance to ride with host Drew Halverson and Tom “Sherpa” Danneman, art director for Trains magazine, on an epic Drew’s Trackside Adventure to Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota! Fast-paced trains, stunning, model-worthy scenery, […]

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MR Insider: National New York Central Railroad Museum

National New York Central Railroad Museum sign

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page While MRVP Producer David Popp and MR Editor Neil Besougloff were heading to Cleveland, Ohio, for the NMRA National Convention 2014, they took a side trip to Elkhart, Ind., to visit the National New York Central Museum. Steam, diesel and electric motive power […]

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Olympia Logging Series: Part 16 – Shaping scenery forms

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this video, Kent Johnson shares techniques he uses to transform the stacks of flexible foam blocks into a more natural, gradually sloping mountainside on MRVP’s On30 Olympia Logging Co. display-style layout. You’ll see how to work with a handy hot wire cutting […]

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Moving the logs on the Little River Rail Road

Moving the logs on the Little River Rail Road

Name:    Tom Grabenstein Railroad Name:    Little River Rail Road Location:    The Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee Scale:    1:20.3 Theme:    Logging Description:   The fifth video from Little River RR productions and Choo Choo Films is a tribute to the 8 and 16 mm films made by railfans and company men toward the end of logging by […]

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

Inside Cody's Office for July 2014

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Don’t miss the latest episode of Cody’s Office where you’ll see an HO scale SD50 from Athearn Trains, an N scale PS boxcar from Fox Valley Models, an HO scale PS 4750 covered hopper from Tangent, an HO scale Russell snow plow from […]

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DCC Programming: episode 9 – Demystifying CV 29

Dana Kawala working on CV 29.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of MRVP’s DCC Programming Series host Dana Kawala takes on CV 29, one of the most powerful (and often-feared) configuration variables in DCC. Dana methodically walks you through how to use CV 29 to control many of the basic functions […]

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The Roundhouse: Episode 19

Hal Miller, Neil Besougloff, and Bob Keller

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Hal Miller brings Model Railroader magazine editor Neil Besougloff and Classic Toy Trains magazine associate editor Bob Keller to the table to talk tinplate trains. The guys discuss their on-going affinity for vintage toy trains, accessories, and the simple, yet accessible, mechanisms […]

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Layout visit: Jim Kelly’s N scale Tehachapi Pass

Jim Kelly's N scale Tehachapi Pass

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this exclusive MRVP video, Model Railroader magazine’s N Scale Insight columnist Jim Kelly shares his remarkable N scale basement layout highlighting Santa Fe’s route over Tehachapi Pass, Calif. After retiring as MR’s managing editor, Jim has continued honing his modeling skills, tackling new projects, […]

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Olympia Logging Series: Part 15 – Build a foam scenery base

Before adding scenery to our On30 Olympia Logging Co. display-style layout, MRVP’s Kent Johnson first builds up the terrain using sections of flexible foam from Woodland Scenics. In this video, Kent shows viewers how easy it is to form sloped terrain along the painted backdrop — all without creating the mess typically associated with foam […]

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