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Yes. I'm pretty picky, but I just don't see the nose contour problem. Never have. I am enjoying creating an entire fleet of F-7's that I buy for about $12 on eBay and then detail by adding about $25 worth of DW and DA parts to each one. Plus the AMB windows. And so on. Take off the DB moldings from the roof. Sand the parting lines down. Putty where needed. Carve the pilot opening so it matches the prototype. Then custom paint and decals. Then I re-work the electrical pick-up system for better pick-up and for DCC compatability s well as sound...and afterwards, do the all-out mechanism tune-up. It's a load of fun, actually, and very satisfying to have all those matched locos that I tweaked myself. Probably 15 hours of work in each one, if I figured it all up. And they ALL have those goofy cockeyed cast-on louvers on the front of the nose. I hated this at first, but now I find 'em kinda endearing. It's a reminder of the fact that these finely-detailed models are still made from 1950's era Globe molds.
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