I made mine with K&S Metals #815024 and 815025, a 35W solder iron, a toothpick, 2 push-pins and several Aleve. It's precision work to be sure, but I was pleased with the result, and it works very nicely with the overhead. The MTH shoes are a good effort (on AEM7s anyway), but custom pans look and function so much better. You are correct that some of the MTH GG1s and the P5/P5a models have excellent pans from top to bottom. I have found the TRAXX F140 to be the same way, although they are a bit more fragile.
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