Nice work Clem. Still want one of those just to have in the yard. I’ll definitely be using your write up as a guide. Thanks for the how-to. Here’s my latest fixed pilot conversion, Railking scale Alco C628. Even though I model the Chessie, they did interchange with ConRail, and being that I live in the Lehigh Valley, I just had to have this unit when I found one. I finished the job MTH started by blacking out the Lehigh Valley lettering and flags down the carbody, couldn’t quite understand why they didn’t do it. Fixed the pilots, extended the handrails, added the scrathbuilt cab sun shades, then installed some square tubing to the frame to close up the gap. I also removed the blind axles and installed flanged ones. Still think I might add tread plate to all the walkways and install lift rings on top, and eventually super detail the pilots. Here it is for now:
