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Benchwork construction continues on MRVP's On30 Olympia Logging Co. layout. In this video, David Popp assembles and installs a shadox box atop the lower frame he completed in the previous episode.
In this episode of Cody's Workshop, Cody tackles a quick-hitting project to enhance an N scale etched-brass fence by adding posts made from styrene stock. He also demos a compact nibbler tool designed for making window and door openings on styrene sheet material. To round out the episode, Cody answers your questions and comments!
MR Insider Weekly for April 14, 2014 catches Drew Halverson, host of Drew's Trackside Adventures on MRVP, upon return from his short day-trip into the Windy City via Amtrak's intercity service. A sneak peek of the footage captured at Chicago Union Station and the Museum of Science & Industry for DTA episode 14 is evidence Drew really isn't all hot air. Check it out!
Senior Editor Jim Hediger is a master at constructing some of the most intriguing structures featured on MR's project layouts. But for this MRVP video, he's dialing down the complexity to show you, start to finish, just how easy it is to assemble a simple Walthers HO scale storage shed. Don't his miss demonstration of helpful modeling tools and techniques you can use on projects of any size or scale.
Construction on MRVP's On30 display-style logging layout gets off to a fast start! MRVP's David Popp introduces the sketched plans for the trackwork and diorama frame, before addressing the construction steps used to make the lower frame and leg assemblies.
Hal Miller brings MR's Neil Besougloff and Steve Otte back to the table for more banter about scratchbuilding. The conversation heats up as the three discuss how they acquired the skill, what tools are essential, and then debate how relevant scratchbuilding is today.
In 2014, Model Railroader magazine celebrates 80 years in publication. Coincidentally, 40 years ago MR Senior Editor Jim Hediger was just getting started as a staff editor when he was charged with shepherding the production of a custom-run boxcar to commemorate MR's 40th anniversary. In this episode, Jim recounts the challenges of making and distributing this car in three different modeling scales. Be sure to watch the entire episode to see which current staff member was a sorely disappointed youngster when his desired car never arrived!
Before starting construction, MRVP's Kent Johnson introduces the concept of an all-new On30 display-style layout. Kent touches on On30 equipment, track, and a shadow box design he, David Popp, and other MR staff modelers will use to showcase a freelance logging operation set in the Pacific Northwest mountains.
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.