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20. Completed long hood left rear view.
part. I used the one where the tops of all the windows line up,
not the one where the engineer’s front window is taller.
The real MEC 610 has insulated cab doors. To model this shave
off the inside handle on the Cannon cab doors and glue a layer
of .020” styrene to the back. Use pieces of .020”x.020” strip to
build out the door hinges, these can be seen in [23]. The door
opening on the High Tech cab front needs to be filed a bit so
the Cannon cab door will fit.
Since I did not plan to light the number boards, I cut pieces
of .010” styrene to replace the clear plastic included in the
Cannon kit and glued them in place. This is a good time to drill
the holes in the bottom of the number board assembly for a
grab iron. Once the holes are drilled, glue the number board
assembly to the cab. Sand off the molded plate between the
