Well, the ditchlights in the photo are actually a set of dummies that were pulled off an Athearn RTR GP60M, but I'm sure a Details-West equivalent would easily work if you wanted to wire them up. The motor is the stock Athearn motor, and the DCC chip is a Digitrax 163P plugged into the 9-pin socket on the Athearn light board inside. - Robby F.
Dan
03-Feb-2010 17:50
Gonna pick your brain a little mor, if you don't mind. What did you use for the ditch lights? Did you use the original motor, and what decoder? Thanx for your help.
Dan
14-Oct-2009 17:15
Well, it's about time someone made them. It's the most obvious flaw with the athearn model. I looked at the receipt for the other parts, and determined that I started building 701 back in 2001. I tried a Kato AC4400CW, I even hacked up a perfectly good SD75M to get the window frames. I ended up building windows out of styrene, but I'm not totally happy with the way they turned out. What a waste, I'm sure the new casting is less than $5. Oh well. I love your website, by the way. I tend to lose track of time looking at all the great models. I only wish I had as much talent and patience.
Hi Dan, I used the recently released Details West GE style 4-window kit (Walthers Catalog part # 235-358) to update that two window Athearn model. I then used clear styrene behind for the windows. - Robby F.
Dan
20-Sep-2009 03:09
Can you tell me how you built the cab with the correct amount of side windows? I have been trying for some time without much luck.
