Pics from last year, but it hasn't changed a lot since. First shot is while the blower was in the shop for some TLC. It saw a fair amount of use after it was completed last year. The paint (Pittsburgh AUE 300) has held up very well. The auger flighting is still nice and gray. The orange on the interior of the blower housing does show some real abrasion. The bucket extensions made it through last Winter with the only damage being wear on the bottom shoes from running the bucket too far "dumped" while scraping parking lots.
Controls for up/down/rotate of the chute are electric and connect to the tractor with a 4-prong trailer plug. In the cab there's a pendant mounted plastic conduit fitting with a pair of small rocker switches.
The bucket extension pieces are made with steel that interlocks with the bucket so one bolt on each is all that is required for on/off. I carry wrenches and have had them on and off several times when I needed the bucket to move snow piles. For moving snow piles it it handier not to have the extensions on.