KEN PATTERSON

MODEL PHOTOGRAPHY &

PROFESSIONAL MODEL BUILDING
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In this video I expalin in detail the ten videos downloads made for Modelrailroaders,Model Builders and photographers. You get to see actual clips from each video. Click the free button and enjoy the presentation.
Thank's for watching. Ken Patterson
 
 
NEW Video. Building Craftsman Structures Vol 1 The Hyde pulp Mill in HO Scale.  In this video we cover the construction of the Hyde Pulp Mill complex from B.T.S. models step by step. 20 days of filming to make this 2 plus hour long How to video. We use every trick in the modeling book to build this series of buildings and the wharf docks board by board. Professionally filmed and edited to be easy to understand for the beginner and advanced modeler alike. Built to serve Ho standard gauge and Hon3 Narrow gauge this video covers it all! Click the link below for safe purchase and down load. $29.95 USD 

New Shelf layout Design and Construction Video

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In this Video I walk you through the entire planning and design and then the construction of a Shelf Layout model railroad. We build 3 BTS laser craftsman kits, A train station, A freight depot and a Single stall engine house plus we scratch build a wooden turntable. After we build the completed shelf layout along a wall, we then build a 5x12 foot  complete train layout with mountains and pine forests that our New shelf layout will fit into to create a loop track for continuous running and operation. Interchangeable shelf layouts can fit into this larger layout to keep things changing.   We cover all aspects of the hobby, Fake fur scenery, Pine trees and rocks, Wiring, Soldering, Airbrushing, Track laying, Ballast and dirt scenery, working with foam, wrapping your scene with wood for that perfect finish. We build a valance for lighting our layout. Over 2 hours of very fast and well edited information. Fantastic out door run bys of the finished scenes and Narrow Gauge HOn3 trains filmed in real sunlight. This is the best model railroad video covering construction to date. Total eye candy! Even though this is an Ho scale layout ,(1/87th scale). All the techniques used here can be used in any scale of model building.  Down load it now for $29.95

New Model Railroad Construction Video.
Over 2 hours 12 minutes.
Building The Blackstone Layout. HO/Hon3 Narrow gauge
As per Rio Grande Southern standards
This video started out as a simple procuct review of a Blackstone C-19 it turned into a video run by re creating Dallas Divide on the Rio Grande Southern. Then the project evolved in to a comprehensive layout construction how to video. We cover every aspect of model railroad construction that can be used in any scale.Watch as I build the Blackstone Narrow gauge layout from start to finish into what turned out to be a $10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Dollar) model railroad layout.
Electrical wiring, Scenery construction, Working with foam, Scratch building a turntable. laying track,poring water,Wrapping your layout in oak for strength and finish.Building switch panels,Making modeling dirt,soldering, etc... It is all in this video and more. 2 hours 12 minutes worth of Model Building Education by model railroad artist Ken Patterson. Down Load Now $29.95
All New Building Trestles And The Diorama Base with Ken Patterson
In this video we Build Lightner Creek Trestle to photograph the famous Robert Richardson Shot of RGS K-27 464 plowing snow on one of it's last runs. Bridge 160A at mile post 159 of the Rio Grande Southern RR.
I walk you through the process of wood bent construction, Jig Construction, Steel girder building, scenery & road building, making water creek's, I also show trestle construction in Ho and G scale. We build a base and wrap it on black oak for a finish you can apply to your layout. At the end we shoot the snow shot in all its glory.
Watch a preview video here...
1 hour 5 minutes of educational learning edited to be interesting.
$19.95 for the download video
 
 
ALL NEW VIDEO
Ken Patterson's  HO Scale Model Railroad Home Layout
 
In this video I walk you through my 157 foot mainline showing in great explanation with 178 photos and video clips the various scenes and how I designed them from Google earth to laser meters to GPS. All is included in this video along with runbys filmed out doors in real sunlight, at night and during a sunrise.
My layout is designed for the run by effect as you will see as I give you the tour of a layout used for hundreds of ad photos in the model press. You get it all in this video. This is my most complex video to date to produce  with almost 30 minutes of footage.  This IS My best work.  $9.95
 
 
NEW Video
Garden Railroading With Ken Patterson
The 14 Year Learning Curve
 
In this video I show you how to build a garden railroad. Perfect for Family and friends, this is better than a swing set. In this video I show you through hundreds of photos and video clips the tricks to building a reliable running layout. Bridge building, water run off, track, power supply's, gravel road bed, cement road bed, deck l and switch yard construction, more run by's than I can count. It is all here in a long and well edited fast pace educational video on modeling large scale, G scale, 1;20.3 and 1 29th scale, it is all the same in that this video is eye candy for the outdoor railroader. It took 14 years to compile the material to make this video, The 14 year learning Curve with garden railroading. $8.95  Video is 23 minutes.
 
Modeling Water         
Rivers and Lakes
New Download $5.95
This new Video shows How I make Water for River scenes and lakes. I have shot Walthers Bridges, The ore dock and the Waterfront series using the same methods that I show in the video. All the tricks to making perfect looking water as you can see in my many bridge photos. Nine minutes of Quality Editing.
Heritage Power Turntable
Set Construction and Photo Shoot Video
The Athearn SD 70 ACe's star in this show with a rainbow of color.
Go behind the scenes in this model photo shoot. I walk you through the construction of the photo prop then show you how I shot it to make some epic Heritage locomotive photographs that will be seen in the model press for many months. The thought's and ideas happen real time as my photo theories play out and things go together live in the order of events. From the cement pit to final weathering I take you step by step through the process of planning & construction, then on to a test shoot leading up to the final shoot. The curve of the scene was built to counter act the distortion of the 12 mm lens and average out to the correct looking curve in the photo yet include 11 locomotives clearly seen on a normal looking turntable pit. All this covered in HD with professional editing to make the experience fun and easy to understand. $5.95 Download 13+ Minutes 211 meg file.
Black Stone Magic Video   Rio Grande Southern HOn3 Action

This New Video Features the models of the RGS

Narrow gage HOn3 in full outdoor sunlight. One Run By After Another. Total Track side action. I'll take you to Dallas Divide as C-19's work the grade. K-27 In snow is a is a real visual treat as are the sun rise lit shots. Almost a full 14 minutes of action. Quality camera work and carefully set up scenes set this apart form any other modeled video footage out there. This is the best. $5.95 to purchase

 
Voted BEST Video of 2013 The 3 day and night Mike Morrison Photo & Video shoot. Most complex and longest video to make with tricks and effects that will amaze you. Gather your friends for this one and enjoy the ride.

Mike Morrison from Alaska joined me this summer on the bluff for a 3 day photo and video shoot featuring his HO and O scale locomotives and freight cars all tricked out with incredible weathering that you must see to believe. We did 2 day time shoots and one night time session. During the day we shot stills and video of his models in action with interviews with Mike explaining in his own words how he achieved some of his effects. During the day session the prototype did a run by below the bluff with Mike filming for research. The entire bluff run by is then shown totally modeled matching the prototype run by car for car in the consist. Because everything was the same the timing of the run by allowed me to drop in 4 clips of the model during the run by matching the timing exactly through the run by. Pretty cool trick and you may miss it if your not paying attention because the effect works.

 The night time introduction on the video is a magic moment when the sounds of the Mississippi valley surround you as we carry on with business. The night time stills look magical. Joe Steimann adds more magic to the night when he directs 4 of us to do our part to create this fantastic still of a Soo Line F Unit smoking in the night with a little help form 3000 watts of light. Yes, it really took 4 of us to pull it off and you are there moment by moment for the failure's and the success. In fact this video is so captivating throughout it will take you from your world to ours for a visual ride you will want to watch over and over, and you can. 

Produced for my What's Neat this week Colum in Model Railroad hobbyist magazine , you can buy the full editors cut today for  $5.99 shy of 18 minutes at 266 mb, worth the short wait to down load immediately after purchase.

 

 

New Download
Turntable Diorama Construction Video
In this video download I will show you how to build a turntable diorama with out the cost of a turntable kit by simply cutting out the pit and finishing the scene. This was a non-operating Athearn Trade show display designed to spin by hand. After wrapping the scene with finished sides it's off to your layout room to be fit into your layout or serve as a stand alone display. Professional editing make this how to video easy to understand and follow. HD quality 16 minutes $5.95 251MB file
 Now Available. Weathering Steam With Ken Patterson Video Download.

Weathering Steam By Ken Patterson In this video I will show you the 6 step process of weathering steam locomotives to look like the prototype. I will weather a Bachmann EM-1 From start to finish in live time through the process. I will show how to weather with oil paints. I will also demonstrate air brush use in the weathering process.

This High Quality  Production is full of run by's of the finished models shot in real sunlight. Imagine my still photos come to life that make this video something that has never been produced in the model railroad industry.

This 21.5 minute Download. Purchase yours TODAY!

I no longer offer this on DVD Disk which was 19.95. You save Half By purchasing the download. It is easy and fast.......

 

Download here...Now you can down load it for $9.95 Click here for download purchase.
 

New Photography Video

This is the first in a series that will cover various model photo set up's and How they were designed and shot.

 

#1 Signal Tower Photo shoot and design Video Download.

In this video I take you from start to finish designing this Signal Tower photo in Ho Scale. Go behind the scenes

live in my studio as I demonstrate the process of building and photographing this project. Tips and tricks that will make your photos the best. Quality editing and filming Make this Ten Minute down load presentation easy to follow and understand. $5.95 for about Ten Minutes. Click on the text link for more information and purchase.

Modeling Cornfields in HO Scale With Ken Patterson

 

This Video down load shows How to Make Acres

of Dry September Corn for your model Railroad Layout. Quality filming and editing Make this a very satisfying presentation to watch. The process is explained step by step with video and realistic model train run by's of many era's to show how good this

scenery will look on your layout.                  5minutes 21 seconds  $4.99
See My New Monthly Video Show In Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazine online... "What's Neat" with Ken Patterson. Text, Photos and Video every month Now with 150 plus Video shows online FREE at Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazines YouTube site 
 
I am in the production of Monthly Videos, Photos and text featuring the
work of the most talented modelers in the Country. I also feature visits to various manufactures and trade shows to share what really goes on in this The Model Railroad Industry.
You will also see stories about modeling projects and photo shoots that I am working on in any given month along with a cast of friends always eager to share there modeling tricks and tips.
Ken Patterson Quality Every Month. All of the 150 plus What's Neat Videos are watched by 60,000 plus viewers per month. We passed Six Million views for the shows in December 2020.Each new monthly video gets 30 to 50 Thousand views in the first 30 days depending on the season.
***Also Check out the New weekly What's Neat This Week Video Show/Podcast on my Youtube Channel Ken Patterson or What's neat This Week In Model Railroading.
Weekly Hobby News with special guests every Saturday with 3 or 4 shows per month.
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