Showing posts with label What's Neat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label What's Neat. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #135 Model Trains November 7th 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #135 Model Trains November 7th 2020
Thank you for supporting the What's Neat This Week in Model Railroading Video Show..... Jelsma.com National Model Railroad Association Railfanmodels.com Micro Engineering HTTP://www.athearn.com HTTP://www.ncedcc.com/ www.Intermountainrailwaycompany.com Cowcatcher.com SoundTraxx Product code WNTW15 https://tcsdcc.com Train Control Systems Jelsma.com for jackets, shirts and hats www.micromark.com/wntw product code discount. Thank You This week we have special guests Denny Jelsma from Jelsma Graphics and Lionel Strang the host of the A Modelers Life podcast. Also Michele Patterson and Joshua Barton round out the cast this week. We Visit Mark Twain Hobbies in St Charles Missouri to look at various model railroad products new on the market along with seeing Daniel Coombs at work. We make a special trip to the St Louis Amtrak Station down town to see the New Siemens SC-44 Charger passenger locomotive that Bachmann Trains has just produced for the Ho Scale model railroad market. And yes, we show off the new Bachmann Charger in studio in all its glory. Denny shares his home town model railroad club the Jacksonville Terminal Railroad Museum and some of his brass passenger cars from his personal collection including a 24K gold plated observation car in Ho Scale. Ken answers the 2 Questions.... How did the show get its name and what it takes to produce the monthly What's Neat Show for Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazine over the past 8 years with a long answer and about 40 photos. We share how to model September corn fields in Ho scale. All this and so much more in about 39 minutes this week.


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Wednesday, October 28, 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #134 Model Trains October 24th 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #134 Model Trains October 24th 2020
Thank you for supporting the What's Neat This Week in Model Railroading Video Show..... Jelsma.com National Model Railroad Association Railfanmodels.com Micro Engineering HTTP://www.athearn.com HTTP://www.ncedcc.com/ www.Intermountainrailwaycompany.com Cowcatcher.com SoundTraxx Product code WNTW15 TCS DCC.com Train Control Systems Jelsma.com for jackets, shirts and hats www.micromark.com/wntw product code discount. Thank You This week Dan Mycio From Train Control Systems talks about the latest new and products from his company. Throttles, DCC system components and on line updates to their products. We share in photos and video many types of special flat car loads made using the InterMountain 60 foot flat car. We also look at the new N scale enclosed auto rack by Fox valley/ InterMountain Railway Company. Mike Budde talks about his latest vehicle projects. Campbell Rice shares a way in which he likes to make background trees and his weathering of his Illinois Central locomotive in Ho scale.We share all the tools in Micro Engineering's line of railroad modeling tools. This and more topics in 42 minutes this week.


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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #133 Model Trains October 17th 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #133 Model Trains October 17th 2020
Thank you for supporting the What's Neat This Week in Model Railroading Video Show..... Jelsma.com National Model Railroad Association Railfanmodels.com Micro Engineering HTTP://www.athearn.com HTTP://www.ncedcc.com/ www.Intermountainrailwaycompany.com Cowcatcher.com SoundTraxx Product code WNTW15 TCS DCC.com Train Control Systems Jelsma.com for jackets, shirts and hats www.micromark.com/wntw product code discount. Thank You This week special guest Charles Getz columnist for the Narrow Gauge Gazette magazine tells us about the new NMRA exhibit at the California State Railroad Museum and shares John Allen history with actual models from John's Layout. Mike Budde shares trailers, RC Bulldozers in Ho scale and more. George Bogatiuk talks about the Big boy locomotive sound decoder with actual sound from #4014, the only one on the market with the actual sounds from the prototype by Soundtraxx. Joshua Barton simply makes us smile with his modeling commentary. We discuss an organized layout space and how it helps make the modeling process better. We talk building trestle's and so much more in 35 minutes this week.


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Tuesday, October 13, 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #132 Model Trains October 10th 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #132 Model Trains October 10th 2020
Thank you for supporting the What's Neat This Week in Model Railroading Video Show..... Jelsma.com National Model Railroad Association Railfanmodels.com Micro Engineering HTTP://www.athearn.com HTTP://www.ncedcc.com/ www.Intermountainrailwaycompany.com Cowcatcher.com SoundTraxx Product code WNTW15 TCS DCC.com Train Control Systems Jelsma.com for jackets, shirts and hats www.micromark.com/wntw product code discount. Thank You This week special guest David Popp from Model Railroader Magazine shares his N scale layout and his On30 narrow gauge layout. He also discusses projects at Model Railroader magazine. Mike Budde shares his latest trucks and cars. Ken Patterson talks about his past articles in Model Railroader and shows us how to model the beach in San Clemente California, surf and all. We show modeled run by's of the Athearn Big Boy locomotive 4014. NCE DCC and so much more in 40 minutes.


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Monday, October 5, 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #131 Model Trains

What's Neat This Week Show #131 Model Trains
Thank you for supporting the What's Neat This Week Model Railroad Video Show..... Jelsma.com National Model Railroad Association Railfanmodels.com Micro Engineering HTTP://www.athearn.com HTTP://www.ncedcc.com/ www.Intermountainrailwaycompany.com Cowcatcher.com SoundTraxx Product code WNTW15 TCS DCC.com Train Control Systems Jelsma.com for jackets, shirts and hats www.micromark.com/wntw product code discount. Thank You This week it's Cell Phone Video vs Camcorder for shooting realistic model railroad run by video at night with a full moon. We also show run by's of the Athearn GP39-2's and SD45-2's in a desert scene. Single track or double track for your next layout with Joshua Barton. James Regier Talks about 3-D printed speaker enclosures for locomotive sound installation. We look at the Athearn search tool on their web site along with the Roundhouse and Genesis line of products. We share the E-bay page for Caboose in Lakewood Colorado. Spray booth upgrade, East Coast Circuits.com and their new Vehicles loaded with operating LED's. The new Athearn Big Boy with Daniel Coombs, NCE DCC, TCS throttle up grade. Octobers What's neat Video with Tim Schreiner and so much mode in 35 minutes this week.


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Monday, September 21, 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #130 Model Trains September 19th 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #130 Model Trains September 19th 2020
Thank you for supporting the What's Neat This Week Model Railroad Video Show..... Jelsma.com National Model Railroad Association Railfanmodels.com Micro Engineering HTTP://www.athearn.com HTTP://www.ncedcc.com/ www.Intermountainrailwaycompany.com Cowcatcher.com SoundTraxx Product code WNTW15 TCS DCC.com Train Control Systems Jelsma.com for jackets, shirts and hats www.micromark.com/wntw product code discount. Thank You This week special guest Tony Koester talks about his 55 plus years in the hobby. Professionally as editor of Railroad Model Craftsman and Model Railroad Planning with Kalmbach Publishing. He also discusses both of his famous layouts, The Allegheny Midland and the Nickel Plate Road. He also talks about the wealth of benefits that come with being an NMRA member. James Regier talks about new technology with the TCS decoders and throttles being able to up grade their internal programming with a simple WiFi connection. Joshua Barton talks about all things model railroading. Ken Patterson discusses paint spray booth design, SDP40F's From Athearn Trains and prototype photos from the 70's in st. Louis of these amazing locomotives. InterMountains amazing coal hauling models, Micro Engineering bridges, NCE DCC systems and so much more in 35 minutes this week


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Wednesday, September 16, 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #129 Model Trains

What's Neat This Week Show #129 Model Trains
Thank you for supporting the What's Neat This Week Model Railroad Video Show..... Jelsma.com National Model Railroad Association Railfanmodels.com Micro Engineering HTTP://www.athearn.com HTTP://www.ncedcc.com/ www.Intermountainrailwaycompany.com Cowcatcher.com SoundTraxx Product code WNTW15 TCS DCC.com Train Control Systems Jelsma.com for jackets, shirts and hats www.micromark.com/wntw product code discount. Thank You This week Joe Fugate the editor of Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazine explains what the on line magazine is all about. The monthly E book Running Extra and what that includes. It's all about modeling How to's with over 300 plus pages of articles on model railroading. George Bogatiuk from Soundtraxx shares with us a new and fantastic new product just announced on our show. Daniel Coombs, Joshua Barton share their modeling projects this past week. James Regier shows off the completed HO scale track mobile with sound and lights. We talk about NCE DCC systems as a sort of round table discussion. We share the line of Micro Engineering girder bridges in Ho and N scale with Many different types to help in your layout planning design.We Share 2 major new announcements from Athearn Trains this week. Ken Patterson shares his layout construction this past week with a major new improvement to the layout room. About 43 minutes of interesting conversation all about model railroading.


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Monday, September 7, 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #128 Model Trains September 5th 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #128 Model Trains September 5th 2020
Thank you for supporting the What's Neat This Week Model Railroad Video Show..... Jelsma.com National Model Railroad Association Railfanmodels.com Micro Engineering HTTP://www.athearn.com HTTP://www.ncedcc.com/ www.Intermountainrailwaycompany.com Cowcatcher.com SoundTraxx Product code WNTW15 TCS DCC.com Train Control Systems Jelsma.com for jackets, shirts and hats www.micromark.com/wntw product code discount. Thank You This week we meet the new brand manager for Athearn Trains Jim Wiggin. Matt Gentry also from Athearn with Jim share the new Dash 9's in many variations along with the new Amtrak P42 locomotives. Joshua Barton shares the John Allen auction from the NMRA with 40 items up for bid from his famous layout. Ed Dressel and Ken Patterson talk Model railroading in about 28 minutes. Garden railroading, the new TCS speedometer and much more this week.


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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #127 August 22 2020 Model Railroading

What's Neat This Week Show #127 August 22 2020 Model Railroading
Thank you for supporting the What's Neat This Week Model Railroad Video Show..... Jelsma.com National Model Railroad Association Railfanmodels.com Micro Engineering HTTP://www.athearn.com HTTP://www.ncedcc.com/ www.Intermountainrailwaycompany.com Cowcatcher.com SoundTraxx Product code WNTW15 TCS DCC.com Train Control Systems Jelsma.com for jackets, shirts and hats www.micromark.com/wntw product code discount. Thank You This Week John Fowler of ZYX Creative.com Talks about his new Cactus plants and shares his layout which is computer controlled. Mike Budde shows off the new Tangent 89 foot super detailed boxcar plus his latest truck models. Jim Zinzer shares his amazing layout and talks about the NMRA and his bi-monthly Division Business Car column in the NMRA magazine plus the NMRA achievement Program. Ken talks about Athearn Trains and their new GP39-2's, Micro Engineering, Wheel Works Vehicles plus InterMountain Railway companies new 4750 CF, 18 rib, 3 bay hopper in N scale and Ho.All this and more in 41 minutes.


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Monday, August 17, 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #126 August 15th 2020 Model Railroad

What's Neat This Week Show #126 August 15th 2020 Model Railroad
Thank you for supporting the What's Neat This Week Model Railroad Video Show..... Jelsma.com National Model Railroad Association Railfanmodels.com Micro Engineering HTTP://www.athearn.com HTTP://www.ncedcc.com/ www.Intermountainrailwaycompany.com Cowcatcher.com SoundTraxx Product code WNTW15 TCS DCC.com Train Control Systems Jelsma.com for jackets, shirts and hats www.micromark.com/wntw product code discount. Thank You This week Chris Palomarez gives us an update on his new career in the hobby. Mike Budde talks about 40 ft boxcars, weathering roofs, auto racks and automobiles and trucks. We discuss track and rail size (Code size) in all scales. TCS and their decoders. Korea Brass and their Ho scale U25c's. Daniel Coombs shares his O scale 3 rail layout. Campbell Rice talks about all things trains. Athearn's SDF40-2's with lots of color photos. Bachmann's new trench locomotive on On30 WWI era model. This weeks past storms in the mid-west and so much more in 44 minutes.


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Wednesday, August 12, 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #125 August 8th 2020 Model Railroading

What's Neat This Week Show #125 August 8th 2020 Model Railroading
Thank you for supporting the What's Neat This Week Model Railroad Video Show..... Jelsma.com National Model Railroad Association Railfanmodels.com Micro Engineering HTTP://www.athearn.com HTTP://www.ncedcc.com/ www.Intermountainrailwaycompany.com Cowcatcher.com SoundTraxx Product code WNTW15 TCS DCC.com Train Control Systems Jelsma.com for jackets, shirts and hats www.micromark.com/wntw product code discount. Thank You This week Greg McComas shares his Ho scale Michigan Interstate St. Clair Sub Layout. A proto-freelanced class 2 regional with over 140 photos. Amazing freight car loads and an oar freighter. George Bogatiuk talks about DCC, decoders and the programming track and also offers a 15% discount on all Soundtraxx products to our viewers. Ken talks about the price of locomotives these days along with the SP SF merger of 1986 with photos and various Athearn trains painted is the colors of the era.See The new Athearn SD90 MAC's in Ho scale. We cover another new manufacturer in F scale and so much more in 45 minutes this week with over 180 photos and video clips.


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Tuesday, August 4, 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #124 August 1st 2020 Model Railroading

What's Neat This Week Show #124 August 1st 2020 Model Railroading
Thank you for supporting the What's Neat This Week Model Railroad Video Show..... Jelsma.com National Model Railroad Association Railfanmodels.com Micro Engineering HTTP://www.athearn.com HTTP://www.ncedcc.com/ www.Intermountainrailwaycompany.com Cowcatcher.com SoundTraxx Product code WNTW15 TCS DCC.com Train Control Systems Jelsma.com for jackets, shirts and hats www.micromark.com/wntw product code discount. Thank You This month Mike Budde updates us on his various auto rack projects with over 40 photos and video clips. James Regier shares his latest 3D printing project and photos of grain elevators from Kansas. Daniel Coombs talks about his layout and DCC projects. Joshua Barton talks about his layout projects. We cover 2 new manufacturers, Macrailproducts.com and zyxcreative.com and their new products. NCE power cab and the programming track. Athearn Trains latest announcements. Ken's Garden Railroad. What's Neat Video line up for August and September on You Tube for Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazine. That and much more in 33 minutes this week.


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Tuesday, July 21, 2020

What's Neat This Week show #123 July 18th 2020 Model Railroading

What's Neat This Week show #123 July 18th 2020 Model Railroading
Thank you for supporting the What's Neat This Week Model Railroad Video Show..... Jelsma.com National Model Railroad Association Railfanmodels.com Micro Engineering HTTP://www.athearn.com HTTP://www.ncedcc.com/ www.Intermountainrailwaycompany.com Cowcatcher.com SoundTraxx Product code WNTW15 TCS DCC.com Train Control Systems Jelsma.com for jackets, shirts and hats www.micromark.com/wntw product code discount. Thank You This Week Christina Zambri The director of marketing for the NMRA talks about her passion for model Railroading. Ken Bianco of Train World talks about the 41/2 hour manufacturers show he produced for the hobby this past week on Facebook. James Regier, Daniel Coombs and Joshua Barton along with Ken Patterson talk about this weeks new product announcements including the many various bridges made by Micro Engineering. Athearn Trains SD45-2's and InterMountains N scale cylindrical hoppers, NCE DCC systems and (TCS) Train Control Systems new speedometer for your layout. Ken also covers progress on the garden railroad. About 39 minutes this week


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Tuesday, July 14, 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #122 July 11th 2020 Model Railroading

What's Neat This Week Show #122 July 11th 2020 Model Railroading
Thank you for supporting the What's Neat This Week Model Railroad Video Show..... Jelsma.com National Model Railroad Association Railfanmodels.com Micro Engineering HTTP://www.athearn.com HTTP://www.ncedcc.com/ www.Intermountainrailwaycompany.com Cowcatcher.com SoundTraxx Product code WNTW15 TCS DCC.com Train Control Systems Jelsma.com for jackets, shirts and hats www.micromark.com/wntw product code discount. Thank You This Week Rand Hood, Mike Budde, James Regier, George Bogatiuk and Austin Allard. Austin shares his new layout. Rand shares his modeling ideas with photos. George shows whats new on his layout and lighting projects. James up dates us on his Track mobile.Mike talks Vert-A-Packs auto racks. New products and so much more in 38 minutes.


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Monday, July 6, 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #121 Model Railroading

What's Neat This Week Show #121 Model Railroading
Thank you for supporting the What's Neat This Week Model Railroad Video Show..... Jelsma.com National Model Railroad Association Railfanmodels.com Micro Engineering HTTP://www.athearn.com HTTP://www.ncedcc.com/ www.Intermountainrailwaycompany.com Cowcatcher.com SoundTraxx Product code WNTW15 TCS DCC.com Train Control Systems Jelsma.com for jackets, shirts and hats www.micromark.com/wntw product code discount. Thank You This week Jeff Meyer, Daniel Coombs, James Regier and Ken Patterson back together again in the studio cover the latest products and news in model railroading. Daniel shares his new MTH locomotive in O scale. Athearn's latest announcements. News from Arrow Head models. Jeff shares his latest weathered freight car art. James up dates us on the Track Mobile and 3 D printed projects. All this plus fireworks on this July 4th production, show #121 in about 35 minutes


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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #120 June 20th 2020 Model Railroading

What's Neat This Week Show #120 June 20th 2020 Model Railroading
Thank you for supporting the What's Neat This Week Model Railroad Video Show..... Jelsma.com National Model Railroad Association Railfanmodels.com Micro Engineering HTTP://www.athearn.com HTTP://www.ncedcc.com/ www.Intermountainrailwaycompany.com Cowcatcher.com SoundTraxx Product code WNTW15 TCS DCC.com Train Control Systems Jelsma.com for jackets, shirts and hats www.micromark.com/wntw product code discount. Thank You The What's Neat This Week Show #120 for June 20th 2020. Its almost 1 hour long with special guest Dan Mycio from Train Control Systems, (TCS) plus Mike Budde, James Regier and Daniel Coombs. We have a tree how too plus segments on prototype and model trains. It's a longer than normal edit but will be a great show to watch. Micro Engineering track details painted to show the amazing quality. The N&W 2-8-8-2 arrives in St Louis. How to make 5 types of trees. InterMountains New N scale Aero flow hopper. New news from Athearn. The new TCS throttle explained. Dan Mycio shares his N scale layout. How TCS get's sound files for their decoders. James Regier up dates us on the track mobile project. Garden Railroad Update. Mike Budde talks 89 ft auto parts box cars. And so much more.


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Monday, June 15, 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #119 June 13th 2020 Model Railroading

What's Neat This Week Show #119 June 13th 2020 Model Railroading
Thank you for supporting the What's Neat This Week Model Railroad Video Show..... Jelsma.com National Model Railroad Association Railfanmodels.com Micro Engineering HTTP://www.athearn.com HTTP://www.ncedcc.com/ www.Intermountainrailwaycompany.com Cowcatcher.com SoundTraxx Product code WNTW15 TCS DCC.com Train Control Systems Jelsma.com for jackets, shirts and hats www.micromark.com/wntw product code discount. Thank You This Week Special Guest Gerry Leone shares His layout and talks about the benefits the NMRA offers. Joshua Barton, James Regier, Campbell Rice and Ken Patterson discuss the latest news in the hobby, train shows, New models, Micro Engineering buildings in N and Ho Scale, DCC systems, Turnouts, new locomotives from the Port Harbor Railroad and so much more in 44 minutes this week.


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Sunday, June 7, 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #118 Model Railroading June 6th 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #118 Model Railroading June 6th 2020
Thank you for supporting the What's Neat This Week Model Railroad Video Show..... Jelsma.com NMRA Railfanmodels.com Micro Engineering HTTP://www.athearn.com HTTP://www.ncedcc.com/ www.Intermountainrailwaycompany.com Cowcatcher.com SoundTraxx Product code WNTW15 TCS DCC.com Train Control Systems Jelsma.com for jackets, shirts and hats www.micromark.com/wntw product code discount. Thank You This week George Bogatiuk Talks DCC systems and the latest product news from Soundtraxx. Mike Budde shares Master-Bilt Models detail parts for trucks and one of his latest projects. Daniel Coombs shares his latest locomotive projects. James Regier Talks about his rail adventure in Kansas, grain elevators and track mobile project. We discuss the latest news in the hobby, our new show logo, layout bench work design. Major product announcement from Athearn Trains, P-42 locomotives and we show a step by step NCE 21-pin decoder install into an Athearn SD70ACE. InterMountains New bi-level auto racks with a nice sunrise photo shoot plus much more in 36 minutes this week.


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Monday, May 25, 2020

What's Neat This Week Show #117 Model Railroading

What's Neat This Week Show #117 Model Railroading
Thank you for supporting the What's Neat This Week Model Railroad Video Show..... Jelsma.com Railfanmodels.com Micro Engineering http://www.athearn.com https://www.ncedcc.com/ www.Intermountainrailwaycompany.com Cowcatcher.com SoundTraxx Product code WNTW10 TCS DCC.com Train Control Systems Jelsma.com for jackets, shirts and hats www.micromark.com/wntw product code discount. Thank You This week Chris Palomarez shares his new GP35 project in Ho Scale. Mike Budde shows how he lights his autos on his layout with LED lights. James Regier follows up with his track mobile project. Daniel Coombs shows off his latest project on his home layout. Ken Patterson shares his out door rebuilt photo prop carts. The Micro Engineering ladder track system has a Big Boy locomotive and 4-8-4 northern run through it. See the results. All this and more in 29 minutes this week


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