Time to add the rear jacking pads to the SD50S.
A look at the prototype shows they are located visually inside the snubber shock absorber on the center axle of the trucks (green arrow).
In my case, that would place it just to the right of the blower duct step edge.
I study the jacking pad on the front and notice there is a base which is on the same plane as the side sill.
I'll want to retain that when I cut one off my spare SD50 walkway.
Here is an SD50 jacking pad. I cut it off the donor walkway with excess side sill. I then held the jacking pad and started filing the side sill off of the top side.
You can see that I need to file the base (peach) down a little more until the residual styrene wings (blue) from the side sill fall off.
Man, this was challenging. This part is small and hard to hold onto.
I placed a tiny amount of superglue on the top edge of the jacking pad and then pressed it into place trying the keep the top edge in the same plane as the side sill.
When satisfied, I add more glue on the backside. When dry overnight, I used an Xacto blade to smooth the joint of excess glue or flash.
The jacking pad above was slightly rounded in my filing, but I was able to mount it pretty straight.
This one, however, was perfect. Since I did not have a good reference point on this right side, I placed a black mark for my target.
Looks good.
Now I need to do a little body work at the splice of the walkway.
Nearing completion of my part.
