Skid plates

@superwarp1 posted:

It really bugs me, such a small detail Lionel won't ad to their steamers.  They would help fill in the gap between engine and tender.

Anyway where's a good source for adding these to steam engines that don't come with them?  Any tricks to adding them?  I'm guessing precision scale will come up.  I see safety plates in the catalog.

You mean "Deck Plates"?????    There was generally no "skidding" involved. Also referred to as cab to tender apron.

@Norton - Pete puts them on his steamers and showed how he does it, but as usual I can't find the threads.  I'm going to try his ideas.

Gene Anstine

I show a few ways to do it in this thread. My preferred way uses eyelets, PSC diamond plate, music wire and hypodermic tubing though brass tubing would work as well. I started out using eyelets used in Lionel TOFC ramp hinges but now just use brass ones from PSC. Easy to do. Drill two holes, install the eyelets with super glue, cut the tubing to fit between the eyelets and solder to the edge of the plate.

https://ogrforum.com/...ting-older-mth-steam

couple of pics showing the eyelets installed and the music wire. I put a slight bend in the wire to create friction on the tube to hold it in place. One end bent at a right angle to help install and remove the wire. Deck with tubing soldered on.

Pete

I knew it might of been Pete who came up with a method but wasn’t sure.

I added one to my Weaver FEF when I upgraded it to err.  I got one from Lionel Parts along with its mounting hinges. I glued them on.  Here is the result (sorry for the blurriness).