Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
Excellent work Chris 
. The concrete colour has turned out fine.
. The concrete colour has turned out fine.
7mm Pencarrow - Cornish BR(S)
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Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
Cheers Phil. I'm building it primarily as a home layout but one that can be exhibited if I want to. I did enjoy meeting folk when on the circuit with Treneglos but it's a real issue these days getting Fridays off work, finding enough operators and show organisers being willing to pay for a van. Sort of looses the joy when it takes a lot of grief getting to a show.
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
So this evening I thought I'd work on something a bit different. An early SR bufferstop...
In reality most of the bufferstops at Bodmin North appeared to be LSWR designs but I fancied a bit of variety!
It's still removable so it can be sprayed up and I've got to try and get the finish similar to the one below:
Now how did I do it?
In reality most of the bufferstops at Bodmin North appeared to be LSWR designs but I fancied a bit of variety!
It's still removable so it can be sprayed up and I've got to try and get the finish similar to the one below:
Now how did I do it?
Dan Randall
Western Thunderer
Hi Chris
About a year ago, the photo of your earlier buffer stop inspired me to blow the dust off one I'd built and which had been languishing on a shelf for a long time....
7mm - Dan's S7 Workbench - Buffer Stops
Regards
Dan
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
The 4 at the left-hand end of the layout are all different.
The one at the end of the loco release is semi wall mounted and only has the front-facing diagonals. The next along is an old end-loading dock which has just a few vertical strips of timber.
Those at the end of the cattle dock are the early SR type and those next to the provender store are the LSWR type.
There's another set of the LSWR type at the end of the clay siding in the middle of the layout.
Should be enough variety!
The one at the end of the loco release is semi wall mounted and only has the front-facing diagonals. The next along is an old end-loading dock which has just a few vertical strips of timber.
Those at the end of the cattle dock are the early SR type and those next to the provender store are the LSWR type.
There's another set of the LSWR type at the end of the clay siding in the middle of the layout.
Should be enough variety!
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Peter Insole
Western Thunderer
Buffer stops on sidings were rather prone to being regularly smacked during shunting, so on a Love Lane one I applied a thick brown/black mix of Humbrol to the sprung buffer heads of a wagon and ran it repeatedly into the plank. Sometimes quite firmly too !
After the majority of the paint had been transferred, it started to get sticky and some of it got pulled back off again. A simple method with a very satisfying end result !
Pete.
After the majority of the paint had been transferred, it started to get sticky and some of it got pulled back off again. A simple method with a very satisfying end result !
Pete.
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
If I did that, I would bet money on my wife walking in at that point and then looking somewhat bemused as to what I was doing. I'm used to it now though, and even the good lady recognises the store looks OK. I suspect though the preference would be for the bedrooms to be decorated...
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Western Thunderer
jonte
Western Thunderer
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
That was my thought too.
jonte
Western Thunderer
Indeed, Gentlemen.
Was hoping to see it first-hand at York this coming weekend.
However, still behind work-wise and already blown the modelling budget over the last couple of weeks or so, so might have to give it a miss
Jonte
