Dog Star
Western Thunderer
I looked and I saw... therein lies the consequence of compromise.see in front of the lead drivers and above the trailing bogie wheel, look at the depth of the frames. Then divide that by two for above and below the footplate, and that makes the material minimal, if going down the current method of splitting the frames at the point that the footplate meets them.
What stopped you from designing the kit so that the footplating is attached to (full depth) frame plates as per the prototype?