number boards. Cut a piece of .05” styrene to .140”x.250”,
round the corners with a file or sandpaper, and glue it in
place between the number boards. Glue a Detail Associates
1003 headlight on top of that. Once the glue is dry, drill out
the headlights with a 1/16” bit. Glue on the sunshade tracks
from the Cannon cab kit and drill #76 holes for the windshield
wipers.
The cab sub-base has several doors that were unique to the
Southern Pacific. When you are assembling the Cannon cab
sub-base kit, substitute doors 1 and 6 from Cannon 1203 and
the other doors from Hi Tech Details. Once again the Hi Tech
Details package has several different parts and no instruc-
tions; select the longer doors and test fit the parts before glu-
ing them. When you are assembling the doors note the tops
21. Completed long hood right rear view.
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