At this point you can also install the truck lights from the De-
tails West SD45 detail kit. One goes under each side of the side
sills just behind the front jack pad. You can install the Cannon
1903 electrical cabinet air filter box behind the cab on the left
side. Make the handle on the top from a piece of .008” brass
wire. Install the original Proto 2000 steps behind the cab on
the right side.
I am a huge fan of brass handrails on my models; usually I add
Smokey Valley stanchions and bend my handrails from .015”
brass wire after I paint and decal a model. On this model the
handrails are mostly the same blue as the rest of the locomo-
tive and they do not interfere with decal placement, so I decid-
ed to install the handrails before painting.
I like to complete one handrail section before moving on to
the next. I started with the left side handrail behind the cab,
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33. Handrail stanchions installed.
Pan-Am Railways SD45R - 16
MRH-Oct 2014
