Dave, having changed the 5444 front to plain it would only be easier if the plain front was available. No word that that will be the case. Otherwise it would be easier to drill holes and add lights to plain front than filling holes and trying to match the paint. With Pat's offering there will now be six J3s offered, all with Class lights. All of the standard tender engines will be wrong as Class lights if used happened well after the Hudsons were removed from the name trains. You would have never seen class lights on the parent companies tracks anywhere, anytime and only on some of the subs west of Cleveland. 5405 as built would not have had them, nor any J3a heading a train in 1939. The Roman lettering on the other two standard tender engines would date them pre 1945 so no class lights.
Its not a big deal for me as I already have the two TMCC engines plus a number of other J3s but I know of at least 4 others who won't be ordering any because of the class lights as well as a few here who have said the same thing.
Pete
