A standard Peco 00 rail built buffer stop




To give a bit more room on tracks, I cut the long sections off to give:-



Painted



 

But with the D&S slowly removing buffers off rolling stock, there needs to be a further modification to protect couplers so gluing styrene of 2mm thickness onto the face

yes I know , it is OOF   but I will ( should ) get better as time marches on exclam:

Now painted & to be weathered

In this photo, there are a couple of coloured things in the background - one red and the other blue.  Are they point markers or something ?

Yes Mr Eagle Eye - painted onto sleepers & the corresponding slide switches the same. I will get a photo just for you.

I apologise for hijacking my own thread  but….

 

Peter, the switches that operate the points with that buffer stop to the left…


the switches are at the edge of the layout just like those on the RHS below

G'day Sol,

I thought I would hijack your thread and show off the Hornby buffer stops I modified. I thought the Hornby buffer stops were a tad too bulky and needed sliming down, not to mention the dodgy looking shiney black timber buffing plank. After a little modifying, addition of some shaped balsa and some paint, I think that they came up ok.




Cheers, Gary.

 

Hey Ron,

 

When are going to add lighting into the lamps on your buffer stops to add some more realism? You could do it easily with your wiring prowess!

Craig

Craig, I doubt many small stations would have used lights on the buffers - in fact I may have to remove some of the moulding that represents such things - now that you have brought it to my attention.

Some info about Buffer Stops in the UK

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/gansg/2-track/02track5.htm

More mods- for sidings, I will remove the lamp.

Here it tis & it has seen better days

[user=606]Sol[/user] wrote:

Here it tis & it has seen better days

I wish you'd look after your stuff, Sol.  :roll:

[user=269]MaxSouthOz[/user] wrote:

[user=606]Sol[/user] wrote:

Here it tis & it has seen better days

I wish you'd look after your stuff, Sol.  :roll:

it looks very good Sol - well worn and "forgotten" . :thumbs

Ron, are you related to a guy called Beeching! I can't believe you got rid of the lamp.