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P&D Passenger Pilot for Lionel F-Units

First of all, thanks to LaidOffSick and John Sethian for working with me on this...  I hope that my modeling can live up to theirs!

 

Here we go...

 

I finally got the guts to cut the $24 plastic P&D Hobbies pilot, and it came out good.

 

I first cut in between the first and second ribs of the anticlimber with the Dremel.

 

Then I carefully started the cut along the top edge of the riveting, yes there's a faint mold line to help, and then once I had the ends where I needed, I cut it with a pair of scissors!

 

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Keeping the flat inside edge of the scissors along the two ends where I needed to be, it came off easily and was nearly perfect. Some light filing and sanding on a flat surface (I use 8" sanding pads with adhesive back stuck to a piece of glass) and you can see it's perfectly flat.

 

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I did have to notch the shell to make a square edge along the sides at the end of the anticlimber because the shim that I'm making will fit in that slot between the pilot and the shell.

 

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With this pilot, it's not going to be a spacer, but actually a framework to hold the pilot in place and provide a surface to glue it.

 

We shell see how it goes. Sorry for the bad pun.

 

Mock up:

 

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Thanks,

Mario

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