Exhaust stacks


Air filter housing Windshield wipers Second generation cab Five chime horn Second generation short hood


Handrails


Ditch lights


Removed dynamic brake housing


Air filters Anti climber MU hoses


Sand filler Access hatches Raise hood Bell Electrical cabinet


Traction motor air duct


Fuel gauge Extra louvers


Traction motor blower housing


good starting point. With my model, both hoods and the cab were cast sepa- rately from the walkway, so it was easy to disassemble. I did have to cut the battery boxes off the walkway (which would not be necessary using the Proto 2000 shell), but once that was done, I was ready to go to work.


RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN


I started with the long hood, since it required the most extensive modifica- tions. First, I popped out the dynamic brake insert and replaced it with a plain section built from sheet styrene. Then, I increased the height of the hood by gluing strips of .030″×.080″ styrene along the bottom edge.


I


glued, filed and sanded styrene blocks to build up and attach the “saddlebag” air filter housings. Not having accu- rate measurements of these, I sized them by eye following my photo- graphs. After finishing the model, I now think they look somewhat under- size, so on future projects like this I


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