One thing I did not notice until I was ready to paint my model
is the seventh hood door from the rear on the right side has a
water sight glass, the same as EMD Dash 2 locomotives. Make
this sight glass by drilling two holes then connecting them with a
knife or file. Continue filing with a small round file until the hole
matches the size of the sight glass in a Cannon hood door or
shell from an Atlas or Athearn EMD Dash 2 model.
The finished long hood is shown in [19-22].
The cab and short hood
I built the Cannon cab following the instructions included with
the kit, except I substituted the Hi Tech Details cab front for the
Cannon part. The Hi Tech package includes two different cab
fronts and no instructions, so make sure you choose the right
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19. Completed long hood left front view.
Pan-Am Railways SD45R - 9
MRH-Oct 2014
