The last job I intended doing on the NG7 layout, was to build a buffer stop for the end of the siding. It was bugging me that stock could roll off the end, and I thought that end of the layout could do with at least one man-made detail.
It seems that there's nothing available in kit form for this scale. Odd, as Peco produce stops for both 009 and G scale.
Scratchbuilding it is then. I looked at the G scale version and tried to copy this with some spare rail. No dice, Filing the base from opposite sides of a couple of bits of rail, and they the gap when they were brought together still wasn't wide enough to slip over the siding rail. I could make this work if I hadn't already laid and ballasted the track, but I have.
So, I kept things simple. File half the base off a piece of rail, and attach it to the siding with a great big dollop of superglue. The the boards are scribed Plastikard scrap, with some random engraving in the face to simulate wood grain.
I didn't get the uprights quite in line, so make a channel in the back of the boards with a file, and another dollop of superglue fixed it in place. Bolts and other details would be nice, but no-one is going to see them on the layout, so I left them off.
A quick coat of dark brown does for the metal bits, and back. Dull signal read, dry-brushed with a lighter shade and then washed with Agrax earth shade completes the job.
All in all, a quick and fun project with adds something to the layout. I wish all projects were so simple and effective!
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