Every year our club has a chapter challenge. There is a beginner class and advanced class. The winner of advanced gets to pick next years challenge. The winner from last year picked a lighthouse. Has to be 12” or taller and light up. It is announced in December so we have two months to make it. Not expecting to win this one but this is my entry.

Super cool! Even if it doesn't win the contest it's still a winner!

That looks great Rusty.

Great Rusty. That was on my list of to-do items. Gathered the parts but didn't get to it. What did you use for the light?

Just now, HandyDan said:

Great Rusty. That was on my list of to-do items. Gathered the parts but didn't get to it. What did you use for the light?

I couldn’t find anything that turned. I bought some small LED lights for a doll house and made a piece to hang it from.

That is magnificent, Rusty!!! My eyes went buggy just looking at it. I can't even imagine how you calculated the "bricks" on the circular taper.

That is spectacular Rusty. I'm duly impressed. You've got both of my votes.

Great job. I was thinking capsule lights as I have a bag full and do not remember what I planned to make with them.

1st place in my book

If that doesn't win I want to see the one that does, your attention to detail is amazing, like Lew I can not start to imagine what it took to align all those bricks my compliments on a job very well done

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This would be cool

That would be cool Lew. I wonder how big it is?

1 minute ago, RustyFN said:

That would be cool Lew. I wonder how big it is?

It's HO train scale- 1:87 scale ratio (3.5 mm to 1 foot)

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If you needed a larger one I wonder if those are made for "O" gauge trains. Oops, I did find one at the same place Lew first linked, but I get the photo up to look at it.

Thanks it would be cool but it’s too late.