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Leave the plastic freight pilot... Fill it out to the rough, smooth shape pilot surface with liquid plastic to rough shape, file and sand.

I have used plastic aluminum bought in large tubes at a novelty , home goods or hardware stores. It is the same job as using body filler on a car defect. I have streamlined boilers and boiler fronts with it also. If you make a mistake, fill it, let it dry and keep refinishing the shape until you are satisfied. It drys hard. Don't use large blobs. Several thin coats are better. Practice on scrap first and have good ventilation because it has acetone in it.. If it softens the current pilot too much use thinner coats... You can reshape the rear of the plastic pilot as it starts to harden... And scrape the paint off the current pilot BEFORE YOU ADD THE LIQUID PLASTIC. You can even shape the hole for the front coupler if you want one.

Happy detailing...

Don in VA

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On 3/19/2018 7:21 PM, huligin62@... [yardbirdtrains] wrote:

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I'm trying to add a Cal Scale Passenger pilot to the nose of this unit . this frame won't be a snap to hang it under the nose . I thought of thin sheet plastic to curve and bond to it ? If I ''chicken out" I can leave the door closed on the pilot ??? It's already dolled up pretty well . Just want to add that last piece of ''jewelry'' ?? Henry H.