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Author Topic: A common sleeper/timber/earth/ballast stockade stop block.  (Read 1098 times)
John Candy
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« on: June 04, 2009, 06:33:24 AM »

The sleeper and earth/ballast filled buffer stop block was a universal type found almost anywhere in sidings, loco depots, etc.
Would you have a use for a ready-to-paint heavy casting of such a type?
It is envisaged that it would have a recess in the top where real scale ballast can be placed (rather than a simulated ballast finish to the casting).
This does not mean that the rail-built stop is not going ahead, it is an additional option.
Cost approximately 15 GB Pounds.
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« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2009, 08:33:24 AM »

The cheapest most cheerful readily available ready built stockade buffer stop for G3 has got to be the LGB model. OK I know it is made of glossy plastic and very "foreign" and toy trainy but after applying acrylic paint, dulled down & weathered with a bit of undergrowth on it works well for me.  Less than a fiver if you are averse to buying new. I will upload a photo into the gallery soon to show what can be done "before & after ". Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2009, 05:03:33 PM »

These can also be made rather realistically from wood...

I have made four of these using timber collected from rocket sticks after bonfire night or B&Q sell suitable wood that can be built using a water proof PVA glue and then covered in  a creocote wood preserver.  Looks just the part.

Ian
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