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I've got a pair of the old Athearn F7s in Lehigh Valley livery (these were released in an Athearn SE pack a few years ago - one's powered, the other's a dummy). So far, I've used the Walthers window and handrail kit, and plan to add more detail parts as and when I can find them. I've removed the "peak" from the roof at the non-cab end and painted the "skirt" over the fuel tanks in black, in an effort to better represent the real locos (The locos are models of a pair of former C&NW F7s repainted into LV livery for charter trains, they should be Phase II, but the Athearn model is Phase I - hence the modifications - I can't remove the fuel tank "skirts" as these hold the bodyshell on!). <br /> <br />I enjoy reworking the Athearn "blue box" locos - they look good from the box, and repay careful fitting and painting of the detail parts they come with. I have a BNSF Warbonnet Dash 9 (A dummy, runs with a CSX Dash 9 and AC4400) which I'm particularly proud of - looks amazing after fitting all the included parts.
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