I'm doing a major G gauge kitbash - an LGB mogul chassis under a shortened Bachmann cab and smokebox with a 2" ID PVC pipe boiler. So far so good, but I'm now to the point of attaching the running boards to the boiler. I've looked through my loco cyclopedias, and this is a detail they don't address. I've done a couple O gauge brass projects where there has been a milled slot in the boiler to accept the running board edge. I've done some HO brass projects where one drills a hole in the boiler to accept a small brass rod as the running board support. How did the prototype do it? I have to guess it was a bracket attached to the boiler itself in order to be able to support the weight of a worker, and not just attached to a boiler band or the boiler jacket. In a model, the running boards are often the point gripped to lift a model, so a stronger attachment may be justified. I'm therefore attracted to the idea of milling a slot in the boiler to accept the inside edge of the running board. Has anyone else dealt with this issue? Geezer
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15 years ago