Ted S posted:...Note that Weaver's all-plastic FA made in the '90s had a fixed pilot. It was light and fragile, but maybe it could serve as a master for a brass add-on detail part?
That’s my plan, to use the Weaver pilot as the master, or at least the prototype, with only a few detail changes. One issue is that the early Lionel & MTH have the anticlimber cast into the shell, and the newer Legacy PAs and FAs have the anticlimber on the pilot.
It’s going to be a lot of work.
MTH: (and early Lionel)