Subscriber email - July 20, 2009
MRH - THE BEST FREE MODEL RAILROADING INFO ON THE WEB!
Download the latest free issue of MODEL RAILROAD HOBBYIST magazine and you’ll get:
 |
Servos for Model Railroading - Model railroader and servo expert Duncan McRee demonstrates how to use inexpensive high-tech servos to operate turnouts and move semaphore signal arms in this in-depth feature article. (Any Scale) - Download now! |
 |
Modeling Telephone Poles - Expert modeler Bob Grech presents his step-by-step techniques for making some very realistic telephone poles. (HO) - Download now! |
 |
Deluxe Track Cleaning Slider Car - The masonite slider track cleaning car idea has been around for decades – modeler Mike Ruby shows how to take that basic idea and “put it on steroids”. (Any Scale) - Download now! |
 |
Upgrading the Kato Covered Hopper - Take your basic Kato covered hopper and upgrade it with Mont’s prototype detailing and weathering techniques to transform it into a more accurate model of the real thing. (HO) - Download now! |
 |
Alcos in the Alcove - Byron Henderson starts with a simple interest in Alco locos and builds it out into a great concept for a switching layout in a small space. (HO) - Download now! |
 |
FIRST LOOK: Sergent Couplers - Jeff Shultz and Jason Baakko take an in-depth look at these exact scale HO couplers that actually operate! (HO) - Download now! |
 |
Bonus - Jack Burgess Yosemite Valley RR - Our layouts editor visits Jack Burgess’ Yosemite Valley Railroad for some exciting new updates on this ultra-accurate layout modeling August 1939. (HO) - Download now! |
 |
Bonus - Latest Model Railroading Product and Event News - July Model Railroad Hobbyist newsletter – read and view the latest hobby scuttlebutt! (Any scale) - Download now! |
 |
COLUMN - THE LITE AND NARROW: Plausible freight car design - Lew Matt delves into the process of freelance freight car by Lew Matt design, and includes some generic car drawings to use as a basis for making up your own believable narrow gage or shortline freight cars. - Download now! |
 |
COLUMN - UP THE CREEK: Benchwork hints - Charlie Comstock goes below the ground level on his Bear Creek layout to detail some of his benchwork techniques, which includes a video of his benchwork design done in 3rd PlanIt. - Download now! |
 |
COLUMN - COMME-N-TARY: Creating a realistic roster - John Drye discusses the process of building a prototypically accurate roster for his mid-50s era N scale Pennsylvania Railroad. The mix of road names he needs may surprise you! - Download now! |
 |
COLUMN - PARALLEL LINES: How I finish turnouts - Trackwork columnist Tim Warris illustrates how he ballasts, paints and weathers a turnout to look more like real trackwork. Learn great tips and hints from a trackwork master! - Download now! |
 |
COLUMN - THE NEW MEDIA: Goodbye newbie status - When someone told our new media columnist Ryan Anderson he was no longer a hobby newbie, this lead Ryan to search the web for guidelines on model railroading skill levels – his findings may surprise you! - Download now! |
 |
EDITORIAL - PUBLISHERS MUSINGS: Hobby publication erosion - Since the 1980s the circulation of model railroading magazines has been dropping. Our publisher comments on what that may tell us about the future of the hobby. - Download now! |
 |
EDITORIAL - REVERSE RUNNING: The death of scratchbuilding - Many old-timers in the hobby are bemoaning how the ready-to-run trend is killing the need for hobby craftsmanship. Joe Fugate wonders: is scratchbuilding is really dead? - Download now! |
Get more great model railroading how-to's in our back issues:
 |
Story behind the Bear Creek & South Jackson • N-Scale decoder installs • Powerful new curve radius insights for any scale • Track Planning on computer using 3rd PlanIt • Book: By the EL • The On30 narrow gage rage • Model railroading benchwork serendipities • Modeling prototype hoppers • The quest for fine N-scale track • Examining S curves • Enjoying the hobby online via the internet • Down by the Shore in Hoboken track plan • Tom Millers Fn3 Little Colorado • Editorial: It moves - Introducing Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine • Editorial: Chainsaw railroads |
 |
Superdetail a Contrail resin kit caboose • Track Planning using 3rd PlanIt, part 2 • Panel-side hopper history • Do-it-yourself manual turnout controls • Getting started in DCC • Creative On30 model engineering • Lift hatch and swing gate construction how-to • Rolling stock detailing and weathering tricks • Planning a layout, N scale style • Building a stub turnout • Online resources: Scotty Mason show, Housatonic Web site, Clover House • Best of the West track plan • April 2009 Model Railroading News and Events • Editorial: Is the hobby dying? • Editorial: Model Railroading and the economy |
Movie Monday Extravaganza! Click here to view new videos ...
It's convention time and the MRH video crews have been busy! Visit MRH Theater and view well over a dozen new videos taken at recent conventions - the N scale National and the Hartford NMRA National Convention.
Enjoy!
__________________________________________________________
THE MODEL RAILROAD HOBBYIST TEAM
>> Posts index
Navigation
Journals/Blogs
Recent Blog posts: