12-10-2009, 12:42 PM
It looks like you have three holes in each pilot. The top two are for the coupler lift bar. The lower one in the square recess is for the single "hose" pictured on the prototype. I think that may be the mu plug for electrical hook up, but I can't make out the detail well enough in the pictures to be sure. Does your model have lift rings? It looks like it might, but that part of the pics are a bit out of focus. There is a lot of detail under the walk ways, electrical cables, etc. The thing to be careful of if you are going to run the locomotive is that if you super detail under the walkways, you may restrict truck movement. I don't think your model has windshield wipers. All of your air filters and grilles are painted body color. The prototype pics show them either painted dark gray-black or else weathered to that color. You also need roof shots of both the prototype and the model. I don't think a roof shot of the prototype in demonstrator colors is necessary if you can't find one, but a prototype pic of any locomotive of that model in service may also show detail. I also just noticed, the chain blocking the pass over on both pilots is not painted on the prototype. I suspect it is galvanized. Paint would chip off on a chain in use regularly, so they probably galvanize it for corrosion resistance.