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Learn how to build a train model diorama in HO scale in this free series of train hobby videos from a chief engineer and expert on model train layouts.
There are 18 videos in this series:
Watch an overview of how to build a Verde Valley train model diorama in HO scale in this free train hobby video.
Learn how to create landscape construction for a train model diorama in HO scale in this free train hobby video.
Learn about railroad gauges for a train model diorama in HO scale in this free train hobby video.
Learn about cue cards for a train model diorama in HO scale in this free train hobby video.
Learn about hill construction for a train model diorama in HO scale in this free train hobby video.
Learn about creating the Clemenceau smelter for train model diorama in HO scale in this free train hobby video.
Learn about recreating the city of Clemenceau for a train model diorama in HO scale in this free train hobby video.
Learn about recreating the town of Cottonwood for a train model diorama in HO scale in this free train hobby video.
Learn how to make cut outs for train model diorama in HO scale in this free train hobby video.
Learn how to make bridges for a train model diorama in HO scale in this free train hobby video.
Learn about sharing the history for a train model diorama in HO scale in this free train hobby video.
Learn how to make a cement plant for a train model diorama in HO scale in this free train hobby video.
Learn how to recreate the city of Clarkdale for a train model diorama in HO scale in this free train hobby video.
Learn how to add track for a train model diorama in HO scale in this free train hobby video.
Learn how to recreate the Arizona Extension RR for a train model diorama in HO scale in this free train hobby video.
Learn how to recreate the Flagstaff RR for a train model diorama in HO scale in this free train hobby video.
Learn how to choose power controls for a train model diorama in HO scale in this free train hobby video.
Learn how to recreate the city of Jerome, Arizona for a train model diorama in HO scale in this free train hobby video.
Verde Valley is a valley in central Arizona surrounded by forest and presided over by Mingus Mountain. It was a bustling mining area in the 1870's and continues to be a popular tourist area for hiking and fishing, though mining is not as much a part of the economy as it used to. There is, however, a place where you can see the Valley during the mining heyday. And that's at the Clemenceau museum, where Bob Lanning maintains a huge diorama of the valley, complete with replicas of the train lines which used to run through it and models of the towns of Clarkdale, Jerome, Hopewell and Cottonwood. He even recreated the Phoenix Cement company.
In this series of model train layout videos, our expert diorama builder will share his experience of building his re-creation of Verde Valley. Learn how to combine different gauges of model trains and keep track of the power controls which run all of them. He also shows you how to create cue cards which help engineers manage all of the trains and visitors to learn about them. You will learn tips for how to create bridges, landscapes and even towns. Want to make a building look as close to a vintage photograph as possible? Bob shows you how to use Photoshop to create the perfect facade.
Bob Lanning Bob Lanning, chairman of the railroad committee of the Clemenceau museum, has been actively building and maintaining the railroad diorama since 1992. It started as a flat sheet of plywood and has become this incredible model of the Cottonwood area.dkdk
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