11-03-2022, 05:52 PM
There are a couple of details on the Bachmann Spectrum Reading SD45 that are wrong. One fairly obvious one is that it looks like all of the Reading units came with a snowplow.
Details West makes some nice plows and I bought one last week. It's white metal and will probably look pretty good once I get it painted (yellow I think - have to find a picture of a factory fresh unit). HOWEVER, the front bumper of the unit needs to be flush up to about the area where the MU hoses emerge to mount the plow. The Bachmann model has the default front riding steps (fine for the EL model I have since it looks like a lot of EL's roster did not have the plow) that I will have to grind off flush in order to install the plow. I figure some delicate work with my Dremel should do the trick. Once I mount the plow I'll have to make it look as dingy and rusty as the photo above. Photos of progress coming soon I guess.
Details West makes some nice plows and I bought one last week. It's white metal and will probably look pretty good once I get it painted (yellow I think - have to find a picture of a factory fresh unit). HOWEVER, the front bumper of the unit needs to be flush up to about the area where the MU hoses emerge to mount the plow. The Bachmann model has the default front riding steps (fine for the EL model I have since it looks like a lot of EL's roster did not have the plow) that I will have to grind off flush in order to install the plow. I figure some delicate work with my Dremel should do the trick. Once I mount the plow I'll have to make it look as dingy and rusty as the photo above. Photos of progress coming soon I guess.
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