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In this episode of OTR, host Gerry Leone will help you make your list and check it twice! But rather than shopping before the holidays, he's lining up modeling items to find when stores look to liquidate inventory after the festivities occur.
MRVP Contributing Editor Kathy Millatt explores the brave new world of 3D printing. Follow along as she walks through the process for making a simple 50-gallon oil drum in various scales. In this episode Kathy shows how to get started with the software required to render the oil drum.
New diesels, steamers, structures, and tools highlight this episode of Cody's Office. Model Railroader technical editor Cody Grivno will also show you a tip for realistically modeling gravel roofs on your structure models. This month's viewer mail includes: the code of the Peco Track featured last month, how long does cyanoacrylate adhesive (CA) last, resistors and the Evans Designs LED gooseneck lamp, ethanol plant questions.
With some assistance from his daughter Taylor, host John "Truck" Truckenbrod launches into a conversation about collecting postwar-era Lionel Trains (1945-1969)! This series begins with John addressing what makes his hobby fun, how he's honed his collecting focus, and the steps you can take to prepare for your first acquisition.
With structures and background scenery now in place on the Thompson Canyon of our N scale layout, David jumps to the tasks of completing foreground scenery and modeling the unique characteristics of the glacial river water. See how David gets the plywood base of the river prepared for the resin pour, and then turns his attention to adding scenery details.
David begins the process of transforming maps and other references into a preliminary model railroad sketch. While a pencil sketch isn't intended to be final track plan, David shows how it can be used to reveal critical design and/or construction issues at an early stage.