Here is the real thing with ditch lites mounted on a bracket on the pilot , in my opinion the MTH version is so lame compared to what can be done today with brass castings and micro sized LED's . For that matter you could probably have a LED cast as a complete ditch light and then painted everywhere except the lens. These are tired old molds , not even flush mounted windshields inserts , and those green LED s sticking out as marker lites which should be clear or warm white . No snow shields up top on the UP and no roof top beacon , UP does not use the lift rings on the nose.
Correct ditch lite castings could have been mounted on a bracket and attached under the lip of the shell and above the swinging pilot . A thin circuit board could have been used as the bracket with the LED surface mounted on it and a ditch lite casting to cover it . Easier and removable for what ever era you model . Just goes to show they just pump and dump these old tired rerun locos and still with the blind floater plastic wheels ..Just one mans opinion before it gets deleted .
