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In this installment of our O gauge City Terminal & Transfer Railway series, Kent expands The Big City limits by extending the elevated sections over the tracks and out to the edge of the layout. After that, he then fills in a few gaps with yet another type of foam!
Host Drew Halverson, contributing editor Charlie Conway, and a motley MRVP crew meet in the Arizona desert for a VIP visit to the Copper Basin Railway. In this episode, CBR president L.S. "Jake" Jacobson brings the guys to an active bridge replacement site, hosts a hi-rail tour of the line, and even gets Drew set for a cab ride! With HD cameras rolling, you’ll get to know Jake and what he prides the most about the CBR. Learn even more about the railway in episodes of MRVP’s Taking Care of Business and in the April 2018 issue of Trains magazine.
From the biggest blades to sharp-edge, foil-cutting snippets, host Gerry Leone trims the topic of hobby saws down to size! Watch this episode of OTR to learn which saws make Gerry's cut of the ideal products to keep at your workbench or layout.
In this episode of MRVP Tech, David Popp dives into adding a DCC sound decoder to a Bachmann steam locomotive. Although the OO scale model of a British shunting engine isn't a typical MRVP subject, Dave show it's a perfect candidate for demonstrating how to fit a few Soundtraxx products into rather tight quarters! David also recruits Ben Lake to show how easy it is to program the locomotive using DecoderPro software.
MRVP All-Stars David Popp and Jenny Maaske team up to plant a full forest of trees in the craggy mountain walls along this Fraser Canyon scene. While the tree canopy will be dense in this part of our N scale (1:160) Canadian Canyons layout, David also shares tips for adding realistic forest undergrowth.
Lions, tigers, and bears – plus the Milwaukee County Zoo train too! MRVP Insider host Jenny Maaske covers all of them, right along with highlights of the videos you’ll see on Model Railroader Video Plus in June 2018. Look for a new DCC install instruction from David Popp, tips and tricks from Gerry Leone, scenery techniques from the MRVP All-star Crew, and more construction on our toy train project layout!