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Welcome to Model Railroader Video Plus
Structure-building expert Wayne Wesolowski hosts a series of 1980s vintage videos aimed at helping you master essential techniques for working with wood as a modeling material. Model railroader and carpenter Dick Cecil assists with the demonstration.
MRVP Contributing Editor Gerry Leone completes this How-To Library mini-series by demonstrating the steps for casting lightweight plaster rocks using the molds created in Part 1. He then shares his expert techniques for staining rocks to give them a natural-looking appearance.
Recently Model Railroader senior editor Dana Kawala had a chance to examine and operate a preproduction sample of Walthers new HO scale Plymouth ML-8 switcher. The model includes a SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) motor decoder with a CurrentKeeper capacitor system. See the switcher in action as it works a yard on the Model Railroader staff layout.
Here on MR Video Plus, September is back-to-your-railroad month! Ask MRVP is also back in session, with host David Popp addressing topics related to trackwork/turnouts, weathering stains, coupler repair, DCC, scenery, and more. Hal Miller and Steve Otte from Model Railroader magazine also lend a helping hand, so sharpen your pencil and prepare to take copious notes!
In Charlie Conway's final Trackside Postcard from his UK trip, he shares a closer look at Dave Lowery's lovely cottage and "garden railway" trains passing just inches (centimeters) away! Of course, the tour of the property wouldn't be complete without a look at Dave's O scale (1:43) model railroad too!
In this Video Vault segment, host Allen Keller tours Rick Shoup's Atlantic & Western HO scale layout, operated and maintained by a group of friends Rick calls The Tuesday Nite Choir Boys.