What are you proud of? (Show Pic)

[zgardner18]

What are you most proud of that you have done so far in Model Railroading?

Time to pat yourself on the back and show us what you are most proud of.

Come on--Time to brag.  I want to see scenery, building, cars, engines, or whatever!

Here's mine:

My custom painted SD45 in HO.  First I've ever done.  Sure I'm not like Tom Danneman, Robert Frosstrom, or any of the others guys out there that have built amazing MRL models but I'm going to be there soon.

[SilverSpike]

Great custom paint job, Zak! 

I wanted to show off two things that I am proud of currently:

1. Wired my roundhouse tracks with DCC and installed them with SPST switches so that I can cut the power when locos are in storage, and to eliminate unnecessary idling.

This is the Southern loco in the stall and with power! Here is the board with the new SPST switches:

2. Re-organized my Piedmont Division ~ Blog web site! Check it out at the URL:

http://piedmontdivision.rymocs.com/blog1/

Cheers,

Ryan

[Pruitt]

Probably this - The Behemoth Helix:

 

[lvanhen]

My 11 year ols grandson, John.  He's got a few disabilities, and model railroading is helping him in too many ways to list

[cjcrescent]

Here's one that I'm proud of. Its a model of the loco my Dad fired prior to WWII.

[pcarrell]

I am not worthy!

You guys rock!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Here's one of mine.

[loathar]

Completing my first steam kit.

And fixing up and repainting some buildings from my Dads old layout. (He wasn't the neatest model builder)

 

[secondhandmodeler]

I guess I am proud of the repainting job I did on a few models from my junk pile.  This was my first attempt at painting.

Before:

 

After:

 

[Mark R.]

I guess at this point, I'm most proud of this signature scene on the D&H ....

Mark.

[tstage]

My 11 year ols grandson, John.  He's got a few disabilities, and model railroading is helping him in too many ways to list

That's cool, Lou!

Tom 

[howmus]

In Model Railroading....... Going from this:

To this in a space of about 6 months:

First concert in the park:

The buildings are Walthers Modular Kits, Craftsman Kits or scratchbuilt. Lighting was finished today.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I love that night shot!

[Greg H.]

Probably this - The Behemoth Helix:

 

That is a monster!

Someone could spend hours watching trains go up and down that thing.

[CPRail modeler]

Probably this - The Behemoth Helix:

 

Excuse me while I go faint in a corner...

...cause THAT is amazing!

[trainboyH16-44]

Correction: You could spend hours watching A train go up that thing, yikes!

[howmus]

I love that night shot!

Thank You, Jeffrey! 

[selector]

It is early days for this thread, but already I can see that each of us has done at least one thing really well, and is justifiably proud of it.  That should bring a great deal of pleasure and hope for this thread.  That's my theory, and I want backers!!

I would have to say that I am proudest of my yard, followed virtually no distance at all by my trestle.  This is my first ever yard, and I consider myself fortunate, and am proud, that I learned of its potential contribution to a layout, and that I actually built it into the track plan.

A partial view of the trestle.

 

[twhite]

Well, from what I've seen here so far, EVERYONE has something to be REALLY proud of, bar none!   Hey, Loathar, when a train starts up that Helix of yours, does it re-appear on the same day of operation, LOL?  That is SPECTACULAR!

Probably what I'm proudest of are my pair of old Akane 1964 Yellowstones--still charging along and still pulling the paint off of the walls.  They just kind of GET to me! 

 

Tom

[zgardner18]

Hey, Loathar, when a train starts up that Helix of yours, does it re-appear on the same day of operation, LOL?  That is SPECTACULAR!

Tom

Now that is funny

[fifedog]

Have to wait until December 4th.

[dinwitty]

This is my "weathered" work, the Cab Forward is a repaint for the club line. It is not painted jet black, it is a dark grey and light weathering applied. I hear arguments locos are painted solid black, and thats true, but in the real world, the sky and sun play around. Cab Fowrward is NWSL regeared Rivarrossi, crawls and real smooth. No real layout yet.

 

Prolly my proudly work, no pics, I took a Rivarrossi 2-8-4, numered it 765, put a working mars light in it (this is years ago pre-DCC and LED) regeared it with NWSL, sprung the drivers except the main gear, the cool thing about the RR locos they linked all the siderods correctly you could spring them, I put constant lighting in it, put a double beam headlight on it using micro 1.5 bulbs and a little detail, hollowed out the plastic numberboards, put a microlight in it, and took film of the actual numberboards of 765 and glued it on, real slick, it lights up,

then added a couple of rear lights on the main engine that are near the firebox.

 Cant take a pic of it as it needs some working over.

I bought the Proto 2-8-4 alread numberd 765 and it will get the same treatment, then maybe sell my original one.

 

[loathar]

Hey, Loathar, when a train starts up that Helix of yours, does it re-appear on the same day of operation, LOL?  That is SPECTACULAR!

Tom

Now that is funny

I wish I could take credit for that helix!

[CSX_road_slug]

My favorite achievement is this ore bridge [based on a prototype near Detroit, MI] that I scratchbuilt out of brass.  It took me a year of weekends to complete; and this is my second attempt, I botched the first one so badly I decided to start over.   

I almost had the clamshell bucket mechanism operating, but I kept frying decoders after a few minutes of operation - I'll need outside help to correct that defect.

 

[Anonymous]

Hmmm.....the custom paint jobs, the scratchbuilt structures, no I'm proudest of the article published in RMC in October about the Four County Society of Model Engineers.  My friend Keith and I put a lot of work into it, but could not have done it without the support we recieved from the other club members.

I would have included some pics from the article, but they wouldnt fit on the screen too well. So I'll save the pics for the FCSME webpage (www.fcsme.org) or my own page (see below) 

 

[SOU Fan]

I'm proud of this.  The SD80MAC is my favorite engine and I happened to find it for cheap on eBay.  I can't wait to get a couple more.

[METRO]

Lou, that post was one of the best things I've heard in this hobby in a long time.  Good luck to both you and your grandson!

For me, it's the ability to use all of my artistic skills in one hobby and learn many new ones.

Since everyone else has posted pictures of their layout, I'll show one of my other favorite aspects of the hobby, the design phase. Here's a paint design for a 57' mechanical reefer lettered for Interport, the freelanced belt line on my layout and carrying the logo of an on-line brewery named for my soon to be wife.  

 

Special thanks to Traniax for their wonderful collection of railroad drawings that I use for my paint designs. 

[Pruitt]

...an on-line brewery named for my soon to be wife.  

 

Your soon-to-be wife is named Iron Spring????

Hey, Loathar, when a train starts up that Helix of yours, does it re-appear on the same day of operation, LOL?

Lothar, I kind of like that helix of yours also!

Actually, Tom, it comes out the following Wednesday! (and promptly hits the floor, since the upper decks aren't started yet).

[pike-62]

This has been shown here before but, it is one of my best accomplishments.

 

and here is a pic of it on the layout

 

Dan Pikulski

www.DansResinCasting.com

[MisterBeasley]

From an earlier thread:

"If the engine leaves Mark's helix before the caboose gets to it, your train might be too long."

(Which, of course illustrates the saying, "All good comedy is circular.")  (Oooh, that was even more "circular" than I thought....)

 

This one has both my first custom-painted piece of equipment, the PCC trolley (Bowser) I did for the Moose Bay Transit Authority.  It also shows the Penny Lane subway station.  The "Bud Tower" has since been replaced with real scenery above.

Back on the surface, this is my pit-bashed Atlas deck turntable and roundhouse: