While working on the cab roof, you can also install the whip
antenna base from the SD45 detail kit and the Details West 157
firecracker antenna just to the right of the horn. Bend two grab
irons from .008” brass wire, one for above the right number
board and one for below the number board. This one goes in
the holes you drilled in the bottom of the number board cast-
ing earlier.
I chose to replace the original Proto 2000 underframe bell with
a Detail Associates 1202 bell. If you also want to do this, drill the
mounting hole with a #55 drill and glue the new bell in place.
The final step on the shell is to glue the cab sunshade in place.
Looking at pictures online, it seems MEC 610 had two cab sun-
shades in 2010 but by 2011 the right side sunshade had been
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36. View of finished rear pilot.
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