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Lima Class 42 Warship Model Railway Project - Part 2

This video from oorail.com is Part 2 of the Lima Class 42 Warship project. This part shows the results from the Humbrol Rail Colour Paints…

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How to weather track quickly
1 NOV 2015 · Scenery

How to weather track quickly

This video from oorail.com shows a technique for weathering large sections of track very quickly. In the video we demonstrate the technique…

LNER Teak Coach Project - Part 3
29 JUN 2015 · How To

LNER Teak Coach Project - Part 3

This video from oorail.com is the third part of the LNER Teak Coach project. In this video a summary of different liveries and…

Basic Model Railway Signaling
15 JAN 2015 · Signaling

Basic Model Railway Signaling

This video from oorail.com is a short introduction to basic Model Railway Signaling using Train-Tech DC Colour Light signals. In this video…

Introduction to Model Railway Signaling with Train-Tech DC Colour Light Signals
15 JAN 2015 · How To

Introduction to Model Railway Signaling with Train-Tech DC Colour Light Signals

This video from oorail.com is a short introduction to basic Model Railway Signaling using Train-Tech DC Colour Light signals. In this video…

How to build Third Rail Lighting Effects for OO Gauge Model Railway
14 JAN 2015 · How To

How to build Third Rail Lighting Effects for OO Gauge Model Railway

This video from oorail.com shows you how to create an arcing lighting effect for third rail lines. In this video we show you how to build…

LNER Teak Coach Project - Part 1
10 JAN 2015 · How To

LNER Teak Coach Project - Part 1

As you've seen from recent videos we picked up the LNER 2-8-2 Class P2 with TTS sound by Hornby. Unfortunately we didn't have any suitable…

Hornby Class 58 Project - Part 2 (Weathering)
8 JAN 2015 · How To

Hornby Class 58 Project - Part 2 (Weathering)

This video is the second in our Class 58 enhancement project. In this video we show you how we weathered the original Hornby Class 58 in…

Getting Started with DCC: How to add DCC to a DC Model Railway Layout
5 JAN 2015 · How To

Getting Started with DCC: How to add DCC to a DC Model Railway Layout

This video from oorail.com is a quick start guide for adding DCC to an existing DC based Model Railway Layout. The video shows how to run…

Street name signs for British OO Gauge Model Railways
1 JAN 2015 · Scenery

Street name signs for British OO Gauge Model Railways

This video from oorail.com looks at the British Street name sign kit from modelrailwayscenery.com. This kit is available as a downloadable…

Inside the Bachmann WD 2-8-0 Austerity 90566
2 DEC 2014 · How To

Inside the Bachmann WD 2-8-0 Austerity 90566

This video from oorail.com looks inside the Bachmann WD 2-8-0 Austerity. Taking a look inside this fantastic locomotive, learn how to open…

Enhancing the Hornby Class 58
15 NOV 2014 · Loco Works Wednesday

Enhancing the Hornby Class 58

This video from oorail.com shows you how to enhance the old Hornby Class 58 models. In this video you will see a brief comparison with the…

Weathering Model Railway Card Kits
12 NOV 2014 · How To

Weathering Model Railway Card Kits

This video from oorail.com shows how to use weathering powders to adding realistic weathering to printable and pre-printed card kits. The…

Weathering Model Railway Card Kits
12 NOV 2014 · Weathering

Weathering Model Railway Card Kits

This video from oorail.com shows how to use weathering powders to adding realistic weathering to printable and pre-printed card kits. The…

Hillside Project Part 1 - Scratch Built Retaining Walls
28 OCT 2014 · Layout Updates

Hillside Project Part 1 - Scratch Built Retaining Walls

This video is the first part of the oorail.com Hillside Project. For this project we will be overhauling the retaining walls, tunnel portal…

Hornby BR Hawksworth Coaches (Post 1953)
20 SEP 2014 · Locomotives

Hornby BR Hawksworth Coaches (Post 1953)

This video from oorail.com looks at the new Hornby BR Hawksworth Coaches. Featured in the video are R4411A (Brake 3rd Class), R4499 (1st…

Model Railway Weathering Project - V3 Tank
26 AUG 2014 · How To

Model Railway Weathering Project - V3 Tank

This video from oorail.com takes an old Bachmann V3 Tank 67673 in BR Plain Black Early Emblem with Westinghouse pump that we acquired on…

Hints, Tips and Repairs for the Heljan Beyer Garratt 2-6-0 0-6-2 Locomotive
9 AUG 2014 · How To

Hints, Tips and Repairs for the Heljan Beyer Garratt 2-6-0 0-6-2 Locomotive

This video from oorail.com takes a first look at the specially commissioned Heljan Beyer Garratt 2-6-0 0-6-2 articulated steam locomotive…

March 2014 Layout Update
29 MAR 2014 · Layout Updates

March 2014 Layout Update

This video from oorail.com is part three of the Model Railway Layout Challenge series. In this video we get started with the project…

92214 - 9F Hornby Model Railway Project
21 DEC 2013 · Loco Works Wednesday

92214 - 9F Hornby Model Railway Project

This video from oorail.com introduces our new 92214 - 9F model railway project. This project will take the Hornby Railroad R3155 9F - 92214…