Francine,
Thanks for the kind words on the K5. It was a fast project, and all I did was a strip, file off mold parting lines, polish up all the railings and rods, then paint and decal it like PRR did. Otherwise, it's like Gilbert made it. I could have gone nutso on the thing, but sometimes you gotta say "enough's enough". I was going to make the Fall S Fest until I realized that my wife and I are sitting our 6 year and 7 month old grandsons on the Friday and working at driving one of the historic vehicles at The Henry Ford's Greenfield Village on Saturday. I'm planing on attending the Spring S Spree in Ohio May 16-18. So if your club is going there, I believe mine is too, and we'll meet there. I'll buy the first round.
Eddie,
The Royal Blue looks great! BTW, Gilbert based it on an actual locomotive on the B&O. As most Gilbert items are, it captures the look of the prototype well, and is VERY close to being truly scale sized. My best friend got one when he was a baby (his dad said it was his anyway) and still has it. S may not have the most members in the respective clubs, but that's its draw. Because we're not that numerous, we get to know each other quite well. Hope you keep with us.
But DCC ??? Sparky stuff.... 
