Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines

We all know the boxes these are mounted to are flimsy.  Especially the top piece where the engine mounts.  I feel like over time it could break.  My solution was to glue 1/4" plywood onto the top piece from the inside of the box. I had to route out the new piece a little for the ignition box. I replaced the mounting screws with longer ones. I Also used some dense foam as a bettery holder. Cheers