Ken you did an outstanding job on the Athearn photo/video shoot. That makes me want to head out to my local shop wanting more products from Athearn. I also liked the segment on the addition to your layout expansion. It gives us another way to think about our layout constructions. Thanks again
Ken, It has been my experience That you need to put water only on one surface to be glued. This comes from many years of woodworking with this glue - great stuff...Using a pizza cutter to get wax paper under or behind scenery - wonderful - thanks...First time I ever used the glue was to put plugs into wood. I put them in, went to bed, got up to see that the glue had pushed the plugs out and put them on the floor. By the way, things glued to a floor with this glue is hard to get loose...Love the dog.....Strange -- most of my engines are Rock Island...The Athearn segment - beautifully wonderful...One of the things I like about your videos is the fact that there are times when there are large birds flying and they really make the video look like you have shot the real thing...I used to see the tank trains here in northern Indiana, the ones with the hoses between cars, but now we don't see them any more!!!
Another excellent show under your belt. The amount of video/pictures you have for Athearn is amazing. It shows how much they like you cause you have a lot of stuff and I bet that's not all... only the cream of the crop.
Great video, and really helpful how-to on the Gorilla Glue. I appreciate it when you get into testing mode. The Athearn video would look really good playing on a big screen at their trade show booth.
Ken, I have got to remember that pizza cutter technique! As always, great episode!! That Athearn segment was awe inspiring. Must have even blown YOUR mind, looking at ALL the work you've done with them! Very impressive. ~ Carmine
I'm also hoping, someday I can get my first Tsunami 2 decoder.... That DDE works phenomenally! I never would have believed just 5 years ago - that we would be playing with CVs in the *500s* !!! 😲
Yea I know. (Happy/Sad) Happy April is done and sad May is not in my head yet.. I don't even know what is in Next month. I have a few days to do something and get it put together.. That keeps things current, Not much lag time in the show. Makes life interesting. By Sunday May's subjects will be more clear to me.
really cool on the Athearn video! My head is still spinning from all the fine photos and run bys. Thanks for the reaserch on the Gorilla Glue as I need to revise or add some foam. I also appreciated the info on the Tsunami 2 - I have a couple Athearn GP38-2s that need a good non-turbo sound installed and the 567 version sounded pretty good in your models.
Thanks Ken, the video was awesome. I loved the Athearn section and got a laugh from one of the early desert like scenes when a giant fly flew past. It was one of those "gold" highlights one couldn't plan if you wanted to. Did anyone else spot that? Thanks again, Downunda (Melbourne Australia)
Let me just say.. in the opening I really wanted to say The NMRA standards Meetings set the standards for DCC... It Just did not come out of my head that way while I was giving the pitch... I know the NMRA did not invent DCC.. I did sit in the DCC standards meetings back in 1989-1994.Back then DCC did not seem like something I wanted. DC at the time worked just fine in how we ran trains. That sure did change.......
Nice job! Especially for those that are just getting into the hobby and were wondering how to do certain things and how to deal with issues you covered.
Ken, at some point on What's Neat, can you review MRC's Light Genie? It is suppossed to compete with Woodland Scenics Just Plug Lighting system. Thanks.
Just can't get enough of Whats Neat!! Love the kitbashed structure at the 36:25 and 37:00 minute marks. Anyone know what kit the walls and windows are from?
Ken , You've convinced me to go with Gorilla Glue. Was there a certain type of GG to use? Ive been using there wood glue with good results. Thanks for your videos and time. Greg
Towards the end of the Athearn video the UP4873 rolled by and a delivery truck pulled away from loading dock. But, also after that a bird flew across one of the buildings. Was this just luck from filming outside or photography magic?
Do you happen to have a model of up 844 i got the pleasure of seeing it last October here in Osawatomie ks and also is your layout built completely out of foam
Hey Ken, I really like your music bumps for this video Column, especially the Steel Drum music. Could you tell me what album that music is off of? I really like your collage of Locomotive still pictures and runbys. Your video column is my favorite part of MRH Magazine. I look forward to it every month. Your weekly Podcast is super too. Keep up the good work!
I JUST tried the Gorilla Glue's super glue and I am IN LOVE with it! Pricey BUT hell, well worth it imo. I've had GREAT success with their wood glue on polyfoam BUT again, pricey so I am a cheap one and stick with white glue or hot glue there lol
I've had BAD experiences using tacty glues for trees, I am interested to try the Gorilla super glue for the first base of branches before going back to tacky glue to build up
Didn't expect to see someone vaping in a semi-professional model railroad video. I like it! The short term fog effect it had was rendered perfectly in the video. I never expected to see marijuana used constructively in a model railroad scene.
That's not Pot! This is Missouri,, they will cage you for that here,,, still.....It's a Tobacco vape pipe. More Like apple flavor.. The smoke was cold and heavy and followed gravity through the scene perfectly..
Oh okay, good to know! I'm from the Bay Area so I just assume everybody's high all the time. I really like the style of your videos; thorough, succinct and witty. Definitely subscribing.
Can you tell me what the name of the foam you use for the base of your layouts and where I can purchase it and how much it is. Great run bys. Thank you
weird cant edit comment in ipad in firefox... i think they crippled the mobile browser stuff so you get thier app.... which prevents ipad multitasking but youtube says you can pay for multitasking.... even though its bult into the ipad..... ugh.... to first real point... great video. im surprised you hace one dude insulting you and such... calling you closed minded... over what you use to model? what a moron... dont listen to them trolls bro... you videos look slick
It's a shame that like most people who have anything to do with creating a video about anything you think that your choice of "music" is more important than the natural sounds ( loco's - steam or diesel ). Are you promoting a record company or the DCC delights of model railroading that now includes the authentic loco sounds?
No. What it does take is being a paid spokesperson for several MRR products, starting with MRH. ..These videos by KP are advertisment all neatly scripted out, designed to hold your attention to get those product names and logos in your craw yet again............. ...............Reminds me of that old SNL skit "the Anal Retentive Chef".....
(Joe Fugate here) Uhm ... not exactly. It's nice that Ken may choose to show how to use some products ... but if you think about it, unless you dig the raw materials out of the hills, refine the compounds yourself, etc everything is a product. As the editor-and-chief, my only guidance to Ken is to show modelers how to do stuff - and since Ken has been in the hobby since the 80s, he knows how to do a lot of stuff and he knows a lot of hobby vendors. I'd love to see more of you do what Ken does (show how to do stuff on video) and send it to us to be published. We do pay contributors ...
I don't give a toot what you've come to love about him, but it's still all to get the hobby buying public's attention to notice, recognize and buy such products or he wouldn't do it in the first place, where 98% MRRers' videos do not do this. They are made by model railroaders who are not in hobby sales. They're either showing off their modeling accomplishments at home or at clubs, or to share and donate 'how tos'. They use terms like 'white glue', or "I added weeds here for..." or "I cut off the existing stirrups and made my own brass ones by bending......" Or, "I got better results with a lift out bridge. The hinged one"...... Yes, Ken does it good too, but at a cerebral price; that is, having to listen to an hour+ of commercials every 15 seconds. We now recognizing the brand names of some seemingly 23 products by the time his latest project is done... This is why I have, for what must be 20 years now, watched public television only. No Ford pickups, Burgers , mattresses, corn flakes (guess which one), Kellogg's little elves, citibank mastercharge, Hershey's chocolate, Matthew McConaughey sleezeball Lexus ads, Pepsi, Coke, the newest I phone,.....yada yada yada. Well that's what Ken's videos look and feel like to me and I'm sure many others... UA-cam was never meant to be like this. This stuff IS fine when searching the web in say, Google, or Yahoo. "Hmm I'll just search 'modeling adhesives', Hmm, foam dealers, electronics stores in (zip code), Ebay loco deals. True online marketplaces... I Had to move and am planning a shelf, switching layout for new dwelling. I've been in the hobby since circa 1955, beginning in NYC, winding up in Los Angeles in 1978, in professional, union, local 47 affiliated sideman jobs as a bassist, now retired......M PS. I jump completely off here. Ta ta........
Believe what you like ... MRH never gives Ken direction on what to feature in his videos and MRH doesn't get revenue from vendors for Ken's videos. Ken does have industry ad contracts, and some of those projects show up as "here's what else I'm doing ..." but those are for the vendor, not for MRH. Ken's videos in MRH are NOT ALL to get modelers to watch and buy stuff. No vendor money is changing hands with MRH on the videos Ken does for MRH.
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Those runbys are stunning!! It does make a difference filming them outdoors rather than inside. They look very realistic!
One of the best model loco slide shows/ run-bys I have ever seen.
One of the best episodes yet - well done. Much appreciated.
Excellent show especially with all the Athearn engines on display in various still and moving consists.
Ken you did an outstanding job on the Athearn photo/video shoot. That makes me want to head out to my local shop wanting more products from Athearn. I also liked the segment on the addition to your layout expansion. It gives us another way to think about our layout constructions. Thanks again
Ken, It has been my experience That you need to put water only on one surface to be glued. This comes from many years of woodworking with this glue - great stuff...Using a pizza cutter to get wax paper under or behind scenery - wonderful - thanks...First time I ever used the glue was to put plugs into wood. I put them in, went to bed, got up to see that the glue had pushed the plugs out and put them on the floor. By the way, things glued to a floor with this glue is hard to get loose...Love the dog.....Strange -- most of my engines are Rock Island...The Athearn segment - beautifully wonderful...One of the things I like about your videos is the fact that there are times when there are large birds flying and they really make the video look like you have shot the real thing...I used to see the tank trains here in northern Indiana, the ones with the hoses between cars, but now we don't see them any more!!!
The Rock Island RR brings back memories from almost 80 years ago when my grandfather worked for that line out of Muscatine, IA.
Another excellent show under your belt. The amount of video/pictures you have for Athearn is amazing. It shows how much they like you cause you have a lot of stuff and I bet that's not all... only the cream of the crop.
Wow! Those images are absolutely stunning! Love the footage. Seeing all this just makes me want to work with you lot. Thanks for the great show
Ken, as always a great show, great pictures and scenes.
Great video, and really helpful how-to on the Gorilla Glue. I appreciate it when you get into testing mode. The Athearn video would look really good playing on a big screen at their trade show booth.
Ken, I have got to remember that pizza cutter technique! As always, great episode!!
That Athearn segment was awe inspiring. Must have even blown YOUR mind, looking at ALL the work you've done with them! Very impressive.
~ Carmine
I'm also hoping, someday I can get my first Tsunami 2 decoder.... That DDE works phenomenally! I never would have believed just 5 years ago - that we would be playing with CVs in the *500s* !!! 😲
Really like the sunset shots...
I love all the music in these videos I wish I could get a track listing. I find the show and the music very relaxing. Keep up the great work !
Hi Ken another great video, I've got to the stage where I am now looking forward to seeing these appear every month.
New subscriber here, I have been binge watching all of your videos and I am loving what I am seeing! Looking forward to seeing future videos!
I always find myself sad after watching a "What's Neat...", now I have to wait another month. Another great show.
Yea I know. (Happy/Sad) Happy April is done and sad May is not in my head yet.. I don't even know what is in Next month. I have a few days to do something and get it put together.. That keeps things current, Not much lag time in the show. Makes life interesting. By Sunday May's subjects will be more clear to me.
really cool on the Athearn video! My head is still spinning from all the fine photos and run bys. Thanks for the reaserch on the Gorilla Glue as I need to revise or add some foam. I also appreciated the info on the Tsunami 2 - I have a couple Athearn GP38-2s that need a good non-turbo sound installed and the 567 version sounded pretty good in your models.
Thanks Ken, the video was awesome. I loved the Athearn section and got a laugh from one of the early desert like scenes when a giant fly flew past. It was one of those "gold" highlights one couldn't plan if you wanted to.
Did anyone else spot that?
Thanks again, Downunda (Melbourne Australia)
Let me just say.. in the opening I really wanted to say The NMRA standards Meetings set the standards for DCC... It Just did not come out of my head that way while I was giving the pitch... I know the NMRA did not invent DCC.. I did sit in the DCC standards meetings back in 1989-1994.Back then DCC did not seem like something I wanted. DC at the time worked just fine in how we ran trains. That sure did change.......
Bunch of goofs! LOve it. Thanks for the great show and the bloopers!
Ken you are truly an artist, love your work, love your layout! Great video!
Loved the montage, and everything else included in this episode, great work.
Nice job! Especially for those that are just getting into the hobby and were wondering how to do certain things and how to deal with issues you covered.
A very good month, thanks, Ken
Ken, at some point on What's Neat, can you review MRC's Light Genie? It is suppossed to compete with Woodland Scenics Just Plug Lighting system. Thanks.
Another fantastic video Ken! 👍👌👏😍
As per usual, exquisite work. Thanks again Ken.
Another great video, always look forward to the next on arriving.
Just can't get enough of Whats Neat!! Love the kitbashed structure at the 36:25 and 37:00 minute marks. Anyone know what kit the walls and windows are from?
I love your window cleaner!
Ken , You've convinced me to go with Gorilla Glue. Was there a certain type of GG to use?
Ive been using there wood glue with good results.
Thanks for your videos and time.
Greg
Towards the end of the Athearn video the UP4873 rolled by and a delivery truck pulled away from loading dock. But, also after that a bird flew across one of the buildings. Was this just luck from filming outside or photography magic?
You have a wonderful layout I love it
Cracking programme this month! My favourite part? Seeing those HUGE slabs of meat in your roasting tray....I wouldn't mind eating at yours.😍
Do you happen to have a model of up 844 i got the pleasure of seeing it last October here in Osawatomie ks and also is your layout built completely out of foam
Shared on the Facebook page of Delmarva Model RR Club -Delmar DE
Thanks for the tips and the photo/video gallery. Nice to see all the models.
Thank you!!! D. Muse
all your favorite people in one spot, Cool idea.
Thank you for sharing. Last part very nice; could not distinguish model from real in some shorts. Too bad, an insect flew by early in that segment.
that green penn central box car has the best weathering ever
Wow, The athearn Segment is amazing, also a bit longer than expected.....
very nice job the images was done with class
I use titebond woodglue to but joint foam - the foam breaks before the joint does :-)
Hey Ken,
I really like your music bumps for this video Column, especially the Steel Drum music. Could you tell me what album that music is off of? I really like your collage of Locomotive still pictures and runbys. Your video column is my favorite part of MRH Magazine. I look forward to it every month. Your weekly Podcast is super too. Keep up the good work!
Ken ,ponder this......why does my wife`s cooking TASTE like ballast ? LOL
Another great video !!
THANK YOU KEN FOR GREAT VIDEO WITH GREAT DETAIL VERY TIME AS GREAT JOY WATCHING
Cool demo, and glue test. / Finish job looks great.
• Cheers from The Detroit Mackinac Railway • Pronounced: (mac-in-aw) 🚂
Love those mar's lights
I JUST tried the Gorilla Glue's super glue and I am IN LOVE with it! Pricey BUT hell, well worth it imo. I've had GREAT success with their wood glue on polyfoam BUT again, pricey so I am a cheap one and stick with white glue or hot glue there lol
I've had BAD experiences using tacty glues for trees, I am interested to try the Gorilla super glue for the first base of branches before going back to tacky glue to build up
I never thought of using vape to make cool fog scenes! I actually make mods as another hobby, combine both my hobbies lol
THANK YOU...for sharing.
Didn't expect to see someone vaping in a semi-professional model railroad video. I like it! The short term fog effect it had was rendered perfectly in the video. I never expected to see marijuana used constructively in a model railroad scene.
That's not Pot! This is Missouri,, they will cage you for that here,,, still.....It's a Tobacco vape pipe. More Like apple flavor.. The smoke was cold and heavy and followed gravity through the scene perfectly..
Oh okay, good to know! I'm from the Bay Area so I just assume everybody's high all the time. I really like the style of your videos; thorough, succinct and witty. Definitely subscribing.
Can you tell me what the name of the foam you use for the base of your layouts and where I can purchase it and how much it is. Great run bys. Thank you
What's the purpose of spraying water on the foam prior to adding the Gorilla Glue?
Nerfball6 Gorilla Glue is moisture activated. It would take a very long time to set with just moisture from the air between two pieces of foam.
Keep your chin up, Ken! Good video! Great tips ... as always!
Thank you Ken!
Keep up the good work appreciate you
I love the pizza cutter technique to separate the plastic
what type of gg did you use also what did you spray on foam
great job !
Great youtube channel. Love it!
great job ken!
Awesome video!
That was pretty neat!
High Five, Ken!!!!!
THANKS FOR SHARING
I would build a model railroad with butted foam. Hey I am doing that right now.
Two thumbs up!
NEW Glasses??!?!!
Good vid, chaps!
bricklayers cradle a L shape wrap in plywood and use its own weight to set it up.
we have secretly replaced kens seasonings with woodland scenics ballast. lets see if he notices the difference.
24:39 Killerfliegen 😀
check out micks lakeside railway
Whats the yearly foam budget for Whats Neat? 500...1,000 ? Lol
weird cant edit comment in ipad in firefox... i think they crippled the mobile browser stuff so you get thier app.... which prevents ipad multitasking but youtube says you can pay for multitasking.... even though its bult into the ipad..... ugh.... to first real point... great video. im surprised you hace one dude insulting you and such... calling you closed minded... over what you use to model? what a moron... dont listen to them trolls bro... you videos look slick
It's a shame that like most people who have anything to do with creating a video about anything you think that your choice of "music" is more important than the natural sounds ( loco's - steam or diesel ). Are you promoting a record company or the DCC delights of model railroading that now includes the authentic loco sounds?
Every month Ken wears a different type of Glasses!
Sometimes two pairs at once. But if that's what it takes to get videos this good, that's okay.
No. What it does take is being a paid spokesperson for several MRR products, starting with MRH. ..These videos by KP are advertisment all neatly scripted out, designed to hold your attention to get those product names and logos in your craw yet again.............
...............Reminds me of that old SNL skit "the Anal Retentive Chef".....
(Joe Fugate here) Uhm ... not exactly. It's nice that Ken may choose to show how to use some products ... but if you think about it, unless you dig the raw materials out of the hills, refine the compounds yourself, etc everything is a product. As the editor-and-chief, my only guidance to Ken is to show modelers how to do stuff - and since Ken has been in the hobby since the 80s, he knows how to do a lot of stuff and he knows a lot of hobby vendors. I'd love to see more of you do what Ken does (show how to do stuff on video) and send it to us to be published. We do pay contributors ...
I don't give a toot what you've come to love about him, but it's still all to get the hobby buying public's attention to notice, recognize and buy such products or he wouldn't do it in the first place, where 98% MRRers' videos do not do this. They are made by model railroaders who are not in hobby sales. They're either showing off their modeling accomplishments at home or at clubs, or to share and donate 'how tos'. They use terms like 'white glue', or "I added weeds here for..." or "I cut off the existing stirrups and made my own brass ones by bending......" Or, "I got better results with a lift out bridge. The hinged one"......
Yes, Ken does it good too, but at a cerebral price; that is, having to listen to an hour+ of commercials every 15 seconds. We now recognizing the brand names of some seemingly 23 products by the time his latest project is done... This is why I have, for what must be 20 years now, watched public television only. No Ford pickups, Burgers , mattresses, corn flakes (guess which one), Kellogg's little elves, citibank mastercharge, Hershey's chocolate, Matthew McConaughey sleezeball Lexus ads, Pepsi, Coke, the newest I phone,.....yada yada yada. Well that's what Ken's videos look and feel like to me and I'm sure many others... UA-cam was never meant to be like this. This stuff IS fine when searching the web in say, Google, or Yahoo. "Hmm I'll just search 'modeling adhesives', Hmm, foam dealers, electronics stores in (zip code), Ebay loco deals. True online marketplaces...
I Had to move and am planning a shelf, switching layout for new dwelling. I've been in the hobby since circa 1955, beginning in NYC, winding up in Los Angeles in 1978, in professional, union, local 47 affiliated sideman jobs as a bassist, now retired......M
PS. I jump completely off here. Ta ta........
Believe what you like ... MRH never gives Ken direction on what to feature in his videos and MRH doesn't get revenue from vendors for Ken's videos. Ken does have industry ad contracts, and some of those projects show up as "here's what else I'm doing ..." but those are for the vendor, not for MRH. Ken's videos in MRH are NOT ALL to get modelers to watch and buy stuff. No vendor money is changing hands with MRH on the videos Ken does for MRH.
I think you put a little bit too much ballast on that meat.
how about someone different other than james wright
Mmmm... ballasted steak...
I think that you need to just use "What's Neat"........