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Lifelike sd9 paint stripping

Started by casper893 in General discussion Lifelike Paints cleaning: .It is an older model with factory paint I used 91 %isopropyl alcohol soaked for 5 hrs and wouldn’t remove the paint .is there anything else that will work and...
General discussion Lifelike Paints cleaning 4 1 31 1794350856
Excel Railcar -- a 36"x90" Carshop Switching Layout

Started by CN/IC Isaac in Journals/Blogs: Having now torn down the old Heyworth Spur, moved and settled into the new house (see my last thread here:...
Journals/Blogs 55 14 2,889 1794350367
North meets South: A Canadian modeler's side trip down Ferrosur's Mexico-Veracruz Line S

Started by Chris VanderHeide in Journals/Blogs Ferrosur Mexico Ferromex HO scale: Following a visit to my wife's hometown in Orizaba, Veracruz over the 2024 Christmas holidays to visit family I've started taking an interest in the railways of southeast Mexico. We got a...
Journals/Blogs Ferrosur Mexico Ferromex HO scale 163 15 4,715 1794350009
The Kanawha Chronicles: Starting Over - Track Planning

Started by Pat M in Journals/Blogs Track Planning modular layout rebuild: After an excessive period of agonizing and hand wringing, I have reached the decision to fully dismantle the previous layout and start over. Our family has made a plan to switch some rooms...
Journals/Blogs Track Planning modular layout rebuild 2 0 35 1794349903
HO Seeker Site not working

Started by frwright in General discussion websites customer service dead links: The HO Seeker Site is coming up with an apparent hosting problem. Is it me, or is it real? Was trying to get some instruction sheets for a Campbell kit I just purchased - HO Seeker was my go-to...
General discussion websites customer service dead links 4 2 74 1794349052
Lux Fiat! (or "Now I can see the darn thing!")

Started by CandOfan in General discussion Workbench natural lighting photo lighting: This seems like "gads what a dunderhead" but honestly, I haven't really felt the need across 50+ years of modeling. My work table is in a generally well lit room - 4x can lights, 75w each....
General discussion Workbench natural lighting photo lighting 0 0 0 1794348275
What’s on your workbench? November 2026

Started by Eric Hansmann in General discussion Workbench Photos project sharing: Holy cow! MRH Forum modelers posted and shared nearly 300 comments and projects to the Workbench thread last month! Thank you for taking the time to comment and post photos and descriptions of your...
General discussion Workbench Photos project sharing 82 5 2,872 1794347224
Not an Add....Take 3 minutes and watch this...

Started by Sumner in General discussion: The following is not an add....merely a demonstration of a keyboard you can connect to EngineDriver. I have no monetary gain from the demo. 🎬 . More info here...
General discussion 7 6 310 1794347167
Buffalo Creek & Western

Started by Denny99 in Journals/Blogs: Buffalo Creek & Western is a freelanced HO scale model railroad layout set in Montana in 1985. Heavily inspired by Tom Johnson's Cass County track plan (and rural setting), the BC&W is an...
Journals/Blogs 53 21 2,582 1794346794
Let's See A Model Of... November, 2026 Edition

Started by Kevin Parson in General discussion: 📷
General discussion 46 1 1,218 1794344764
SD24B Into Service

Started by Ken Meade in Locos and rolling stock: 📷 This SD24B arrived today and is parked on a service track by a GP35 awaiting rework to DCC status. This is another Overland model in UP paint.
Locos and rolling stock 3 8 150 1794344621
Tom Johnson's Cass County Railroad

Started by TomJohnson in Journals/Blogs: 📷 Hello! It has been a long time since I have posted anything here. I had a blog (journal) going several years ago under the L&IN and INRAIL theme that had a big following. That...
Journals/Blogs 1,325 69 111,671 1794344578
Lifelike sd9 paint stripping

Started by casper893 in General discussion Lifelike Paints cleaning: .It is an older model with factory paint I used 91 %isopropyl alcohol soaked for 5 hrs and wouldn’t remove the paint .is there anything else that will work and...
General discussion Lifelike Paints cleaning 1 0 21 1794343039
Pokey 3.0 - Scenery

Started by pldvdk in Scenery and structures: With the completion of the fascia on my layout, it's time to start a new chapter in the ongoing saga of the Pokey 3.0! This thread will follow the scenery work (and other odds and ends) that...
Scenery and structures 792 10 21,498 1794341812
What's the best way to wire this N-scale classification yard ladder?

Started by JimGnitecki in Track and electrical/DCC Wiring yard ladders N-scale: This photo shows the classiciation yard ladder in the N-scale layout I am currently building: 📷 You can see that this yard ladder starts at the lower RHS turnout, and includes...
Track and electrical/DCC Wiring yard ladders N-scale 0 0 18 1794340493
Rick's Diner - November 2026 Edition

Started by Kevin Parson in General discussion: 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷
General discussion 83 3 1,670 1794340388
Red Ball Train Master

Started by CandOfan in Locos and rolling stock: Here's another reclamation project, this one with a minor lesson, and arguably with a sadder ending. This is a Kumata model, imported by Red Ball in 1969. I got this one dirt cheap, from memory about...
Locos and rolling stock 12 13 538 1794340066
A novel 16.5 mm shelf layout idea and experiment.

Started by Andy Reichert in Dream and design Shelf Layout Passenger Trains HO 00: Could this work? I'm about to try. Building a passenger oriented shelf layout along a 56 ft outdoor back yard fence. One that could be used (with lots of imagination) to operate as several...
Dream and design Shelf Layout Passenger Trains HO 00 30 3 1,157 1794338738
Airbrush mini compressors

Started by jimcubie1@gmail.com in General discussion: Is there a mini compressor anyone would recommend?
General discussion 79 2 5,544 1794338668
Tideflats Terminal

Started by nogoodnik in Journals/Blogs: This is the layout I've been working off and on for a little over 2 years. This is my second larger layout (beyond the size of a sheet of plywood), but this is the first one that was planned out...
Journals/Blogs 64 5 9,739 1794334233
Airbrush Time, Vallejo or MicroMark

Started by Joe Circus in Scenery and structures Airbrushing Painting Paints: I have that portable airbrush itching to spray paint. I need to buy some. I'm painting HO scale buildings. My first interest is painting the brick in ( slightly ) different colors....
Scenery and structures Airbrushing Painting Paints 20 2 448 1794333780
Achievable? 28-ton Narrow Gauge Climax

Started by RyanAK in Journals/Blogs Narrow Gauge Scratchbuilding climax proto-freelance: Some here may remember that I have a long interest in the short lines and logging railroads of my native Pennsylvania. Particularly, the White Deer & Loganton has had a firm grip on me for...
Journals/Blogs Narrow Gauge Scratchbuilding climax proto-freelance 136 6 2,132 1794333578
Block Signal Design, Pere Marquette & Chesapeake 291021

Started by GT Mills in Track and electrical/DCC Signals Pere Marquette PM&C: Now that I've got the LED brightness balancing figured out I can move ahead with automated block signaling. This is what I've come up with. To keep the diagram simple and uncluttered only the outer...
Track and electrical/DCC Signals Pere Marquette PM&C 21 5 594 1794331217
An idea to reduce voltage loss due to limited capacity Digitrax Zephyr and Digitrax PM74 terminal wire size limitations

Started by JimGnitecki in Track and electrical/DCC DCC Digitrax Wiring: I have discovered something that Digitrax does not publicize very well if at all: The Digitrax Zephyr and Digitrax PM74 apparently will not reliably accept any wire gauge larger than 16...
Track and electrical/DCC DCC Digitrax Wiring 129 2 1,330 1794329416
N&AC 2.0 Track Planning

Started by anteaum2666 in Dream and design Track Planning layout design Benchwork: Welcome to my Blog! After 10 years of fun I had to take down the Nicholas & Ashley Creek RY for a move to a new home. I saved most of the major scenes and have started planning for the new space....
Dream and design Track Planning layout design Benchwork 261 14 5,306 1794326742
Cleaning Soldering Joints?

Started by Al Carter in Track and electrical/DCC Soldering cleaning electrical: My soldering skills are not my best subject in this ongoing model railroading journey, and are somewhat rusty to boot. I have read that it is a good idea to clean solder joints, I guess to remove...
Track and electrical/DCC Soldering cleaning electrical 9 0 198 1794326189
Prototype example of a switchback in an industrial spur

Started by Rick A. in General discussion: This is a crop of the track arrangement at St. Louis Union Station. Note the powerhouse at center, with the tail track up along the mail building. 📷
General discussion 0 1 74 1794325771
My SP/SSW freight car roster quest

Started by SPSHASTAROUTE in Journals/Blogs Prototype Freelancing: My favorite part of the hobby is prototype modeling of locos and cars. After a move a few years back, I lost my basement layout and kinda lost interest in trains. Our current home is...
Journals/Blogs Prototype Freelancing 19 5 506 1794321487
Looking for recommendations for an electric pin vice

Started by dperry in Benchwork and roadbed O scale Handlaying: I need to make a lot of tiny holes (sad story included) and a manual pin vice is not going to cut it. When I say tiny, I mean about a #78 drill bit and by a lot I mean several hundred. I am...
Benchwork and roadbed O scale Handlaying 25 3 709 1794321433
Building Riverbend

Started by thewizard1 in Scenery and structures: After leaving Beaver Falls heading north through the mountain you come to the town of Riverbend. After crossing the Emerson river is the town of Moosehead. It has taken me awhile to decide...
Scenery and structures 288 20 6,352 1794319987
Canadian Pacific branchline and logging road

Started by Stephane in Journals/Blogs Canadian Pacific: Well, here we are, I've finally started construction of an HO layout! I started in N-scale back in 2018, and I never got that layout finished. I worked on it on and off until about 2023, and...
Journals/Blogs Canadian Pacific 39 23 1,681 1794314946
A New Start: Beyond Stonehammer

Started by Deemiorgos in Journals/Blogs CN layout design proto-freelance: Ryan has inspired me to start a new topic about my new layout. The location will still be in the Maritimes/Eastern Canada circa 1956 far up the river from the Bay of Fundy hence the...
Journals/Blogs CN layout design proto-freelance 53 21 1,288 1794312207
The CB&Q in Wyoming, Version 5

Started by Mark Pruitt in Journals/Blogs: Well, we've moved into our new home in Casper, Wyoming, and development of Version 5 of The CB&Q in Wyoming is underway! Today I posted the first monthly update on the new layout to my YouTube...
Journals/Blogs 481 12 34,177 1794309328
Rio Grande - Tennessee Pass ‘78

Started by ezlyamuzd66 in Journals/Blogs: 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 I thought I’d start this blog to keep a record of my slow but consistent progress on my layout I’ve attached my initial layout design but have already...
Journals/Blogs 454 21 18,455 1794304996
D&H Penn Division Mainline Expansion

Started by JJankauskas in Journals/Blogs layout construction Dream and Design layout rebuild: With the Vine St branch complete and operating as we intended, my crew and I decided to look at a new project that would improve the overall ergonomics and operations of the mainline. When I built...
Journals/Blogs layout construction Dream and Design layout rebuild 10 6 170 1794299937
Dutch Country Railroads

Started by Mitchell Schuessler in Journals/Blogs Operations Planning Penn Central Reading Company: I figured this would be a good place for a supplemental blog to my article “Dutch Country Conrail” in the April 2025 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman. I have a few threads floating...
Journals/Blogs Operations Planning Penn Central Reading Company 378 20 15,706 1794290939
P48 O Scale Layout Build: ‘Ashland City’

Started by JD.Hill in Journals/Blogs O scale Switching Layout: As my HO scale layout nears completion, I'm embarking on my next modeling journey: a small 2-Rail O scale layout. This new layout will occupy currently-vacant space above my display cabinets in the...
Journals/Blogs O scale Switching Layout 107 33 7,811 1794285069
Cincinnati West-B&O/PC 1975

Started by RSeiler in Journals/Blogs: Welcome to the Cincinnati West thread! Thanks for stopping by. The photos are hosted here on MRH, so this thread will remain intact as long as MRH exists. Click on 'Read More' for an index with...
Journals/Blogs 4,750 28 536,358 1794282102
US, CA, Sacramento, International Railfair, November 14-15, 2026

Started by Tom Campbell in Hobby event notices Exhibition Promote the Hobby Train Show: Come celebrate National Model Railroading Month with us! We'll have 180 tables representing 39 vendors both big and small including Model Train Solutions, Daylight Sales, Packratt Trains...
Hobby event notices Exhibition Promote the Hobby Train Show 1 5 74 1794280214
The Ruphe & Tumbelle Railway Company, What's New

Started by On30guy in Journals/Blogs: Hello all. 📷 I've been posting here for a few years now and have decided that instead of starting separate little blogs for every little idea I have I should consolidate things a...
Journals/Blogs 4,470 28 425,109 1794279810
Droopy coupler (Walthers Amtrak)

Started by GerardW in Locos and rolling stock Rolling Stock Walthers couplers: One of 6 couplers (on a set of 3 cars) on a 85' Walthers Amtrak rolling stock is "droopy." I've tried adding thin layers of Kapton tape but it's not helping much. When the coupler is in...
Locos and rolling stock Rolling Stock Walthers couplers 9 2 237 1794277625
Tilted train in Malawi, Africa

Started by MalawiCarsten in General discussion: Here's a facebook post from Malawi where one of their few trains rolled over Mibawa TV - #MibawaNews Sitima yapa mtunda yagwa kwa Mwana manga... | Facebook Here's Chichewa to...
General discussion 4 2 322 1794274441
Bellows Falls Subdivision build

Started by skiwiggy in Journals/Blogs: This Journal/Blog will showcase the construction and scratchbuilding of structures along the Rutland Bellows Falls Subdivision. Various Scenes starting in Bellows Falls Vermont, heading...
Journals/Blogs 884 20 37,944 1794273488
DCC for a small HO Steam Locomotive

Started by RyanAK in Track and electrical/DCC climax DCC conversion sound decoder: Hi, gang. I have myself committed to a bash of a Bachmann 50-ton Climax and could use some advice on adding DCC and sound. Here’s where we’re going: 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷...
Track and electrical/DCC climax DCC conversion sound decoder 40 6 794 1794271144
uncoupling options - hands off the layout

Started by Frolin in Track and electrical/DCC: Looking for options for uncoupling Kadee's with a hands off, hands out of the layout, approach... (other than permanent track magnets) . Have looked at the Kadee electro-magnet option. It's kinda big...
Track and electrical/DCC 46 2 1,380 1794269982
$32 Hands-free 38 function Throttle....

Started by Sumner in Track and electrical/DCC DCC throttles Smart Phone Throttle: Been playing with this $32 throttle that connects to the layout through EngineDriver..... 🎬 More info on my site here..... ...
Track and electrical/DCC DCC throttles Smart Phone Throttle 12 7 449 1794262964
Another terrible HST crash in Spain. Something went seriously wrong.

Started by Andy Reichert in General discussion: No news at this early stage, but how one train managed to rear end another is indicative of a very serious problem. Andy
General discussion 94 3 2,083 1794259928
The Erie Lackawanna Dayton Branch 1964

Started by Jeff Youst in Journals/Blogs: Starting up a blog to chronicle my trials and tribulations for the build of the EL Dayton Branch 1964 has been a long time coming. The past 8 years or so have seen a few fits and starts and some...
Journals/Blogs 165 16 8,242 1794259392
Nicholas & Ashley Creek Railway

Started by anteaum2666 in Journals/Blogs: I've been working on my HO Scale Nicholas & Ashley Creek Railway for a couple of years now, but really started in earnest over the past few months. Since my efforts include many topics...
Journals/Blogs 1,065 15 104,048 1794250746
Great Northern Railroad Iron Ore Car 91000 Class 3D STL Designs

Started by philip cunningham in Locos and rolling stock 3D Printing: Great Northern Railroad Iron Ore Car 91000 Class 3D STL Designs Philip Cunningham Designing Canadian National Railroad (CN) and Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad (LS&I)...
Locos and rolling stock 3D Printing 12 12 694 1794250347

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