I am installing the Walthers detail kit in my Athearn F-7, and am having trouble getting the old over sized headlight lenses out of the shell. Can someone give me a tip how to do this?
Push it out from inside with a small screwdriver. You might have to give it a little whack to convince it that it doesn’t want to stay there.
It actually looks like it has to be pushed into the shell not out of it but I will try that.
I’ve had a lot of Athearn F7’s and that’s how I always got the headlight lens out. If you push it in you’ll damage the shell.
OK, thanks.
I always used a pair of needle nosed pliers and reached up inside the shell from the open bottom (once the body has been pulled away from the shell). Gently pinch the light bulb socket and twist side to side as far as you can within the shell. It will come right out.