Far be it from me to argue with my elders, Frank. [:-^][swg]
As not as elegant or as tidy as doctorwaynes mouldings but lead fishing sinkers squished in a vise, hammered flat, then cut with snips, what ya gotta do when you don’t have access to a heaty device.
The bottom of my depressed centre car shown in this weeks WPF, http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/221113.aspx
Cheers, the Bear.