Thanks Greg! Glad you like it. How long? My longest job took over a year, but I had tons of interruptions. The 0-8-0 I started on a Friday evening and finished that Sunday afternoon, but, there was no detail work (changing parts, etc,) no re-motor, no DCC. It was fully disassembled, blast cleaned and ultrasonically cleaned. I also installed window glazing and decaled it. I had no mechanical issues to correct, and that always helps. I didn't get much else done that weekend though! The GS was a Saturday-Sunday project. It was painted mostly already so I added the smokebox/firebox graphite and some other trim. It got re-motored, and DCC without sound, window glazing and decals too. I cheated on it when I painted the running gear. I didn't take it apart. I sprayed the drivers and wheels with everything assembled. Normally this is a No-No, but I know these mechanisms pretty well and I clean everything right away so paint doesn't stay where it doesn't belong. I'm also pretty good with the airbrush and can keep paint going where I want it to go. It really depends on your focus. The average job can be done in maybe 3-4 days of working time if you are being thorough. A sound installation would have added another day or two, and I accelerate the drying process by baking everything. I've been moving away from sound believe it or not. I have plenty of locos with sound but with this GS, I wanted to leave the structure original and not have a bunch of wires between the loco & tender. I also didn't feel like spending the extra hundred bucks! It's with me today and going to the club tonight for testing on the layout.