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A wood running board that thin will be destroyed in minutes, probably by my own hand, just from handling the engine. It will have to be metal. I can scribe some lines into it to at least make it look a little like boards, and painted black, that ought to do.
If you click on this you can scroll your mouse to zoom in:https://goo.gl/photos/4hvYbKa7mer1J7cD9Wood with a metal surround. This is a 3' gauge 2-8-0 though.I make em out of brass and give them a brown tint when painting.
... Or maybe musical instrument reeds could be thinned enough and still maintain some grain effect. ...
...nothing a few swipes with a wire brush wheel in a Dremel can't fix or just a few passes with a regular wire brush.
...Although I hope it doesn't just look "all scratched up" like something's wrong with it.
I would guess that you could sand the extra thickness down if needed. You might also bevel the edge from the underside so that the revealed side would still appear thin while having enough meat to maintain some stability. With all the effort you have put in this far it might be worth I try with no great loss if it doesn't work out.