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Host Hal Miller welcomes star of Drew's Trackside Adventures, Drew Halverson and Trains associate editor, Mr. Steve Sweeney on The Roundhouse set to talk modern railroading, including discussions about current motive power offerings, the state of passenger/commuter service, favorite North American railfan locations, and more!
MRVP's David Popp shows how a little bit of paint goes a long way toward adding an authentic, rusty appearance to the MDF hull, styrene deck, and castings of the two-track car float for MR's 5x9-foot Rice Harbor HO scale layout.
New scenery products and rolling stock highlight this month's edition of Cody's Office. Associate editor Cody Grivno will show you a selection of new freight and passenger cars in O, HO, and N scales. You'll also get to see Woodland Scenics new Scenery Shaper system. In addition Cody provides a handy tip for using templates on a model railroad structure project. This month's viewer mail includes question on the benefits of metal rolling stock wheels and the grades of lumber used for model train layout benchwork.
Even if spring hasn't arrived quite yet, that's just fine by us. Chilly temps in this long month should give you plenty of time to continue enjoying this great hobby and Jenny Maaske's preview of model railroad related videos coming to Model Railroader Video Plus in March 2014!
In part 3, David Popp adds details and simple castings to the deck of the two-track car float on MR's 5x9-foot Rice Harbor HO scale layout, all in preparation for the next step – painting the vessel.
Work continues on the car float David Popp is assembling for MR's 5x9-foot Rice Harbor HO scale layout. In part 2, David shows how to align and install the trackwork on the styrene deck.
Add a touch of realism to your modeled forest or wooded grove by including decaying or damaged trees. Kent Johnson demonstrates a quick and easy technique for making plague pines using plastic tree kits available for layouts of any size or scale.
Follow MRVP's Drew Halverson, Kent Johnson, and friends as they trace the Canadian Pacific main line into the heart of the Canadian Rockies. Along the way Drew and crew capture a variety of freight and passenger trains in action, railroad engineering at its finest, and astonishing natural settings that are ripe for modeling.
Producer David Popp walks subscribers through the quick and easy steps for accessing the entire library of entertaining and instructional videos on the MR Video Plus website.