East German Harz Concrete Buffer Stop

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Having got to the stage where I needed indoor work for the DunnyReichesbahn, a project that I have been looking at for some time seamed appropriate today. The prototype of this piece is located at Eisenfelder Talmuhle and still does sterling service at the end of the Water/Pit Road where Selktalbahn Trains from Gernrode Terminate at ET.
Here are a couple of pictures of the Prototype taken when I was with the Steam Railway Tour in 2011.
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I needed a lumpy Stop to Stop the Harz 2-10-2t dead as there is a 4 ft drop beind the Stop. It will be held in place with a good strong 80mm Skrew. The last pic is of the component parts for the Stop, together with the sizes that I have used. Note that these are all in wood and the main part is currently in the Airing Cupboard so that the Plaster Filler can dry off. I am using this to represent the Concrete Effect of the Prototype.

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More when the Plaster has dried out.
JonD
 
Looks a nice project, looking forward to see how it turns out.
 
Surprised you didn't cast it in lumpy concrete Jon.... :o
 

The reason that I never went for Concrete is that this is to be indoors and I felt that I can get a finer detail effect using Plaster. I am used to this medium having worked in it for many years, even helping out a plaster building kit manufacturer friend many years ago.

So here is the state of play as at last night having put a layer of plaster on the Stop. I put the plaster on with a large Plaster Knife, as this is pretty old `out of date` Multi Purpose Filler, I found that the large Knife slightly pulled on the plaster - just the effect that I was looking for. Then to give the impression of Mounding Sheets I pulled the cut ended Saw Blade flatly at intervals to represent the casting planks. You should be able to make this out in the first picture. The second picture shows the Tools used in this Project.

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Whilst this was drying out I attacked the pieces of stick that would form the Uprights and Cross Members. I used my normal method for distressing wood which is to hack with a Mini Saw Blade and Knife. The effects should just be made out on the final pic of this posting. As you can see I have already given the main body of the Stop a paint using Acrylics just Black and White were used here to give a basic Concrete Colour with some weathering in Darker Colour. I have also given the Timber an initial coat of Slop Grey to get a starting tone.

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The next post should show the final effects with Steelwork, weathered Woodwork and the Sign. Just off to the PC to make this up now.

Oh before I forget, the final picture shows the Stop on a short section of Track to show how it will sit on the Layout. the bottom of the uprights will be buried in earth as is the Prototype. more importantly, when a Wagon or Coach touches the Stop the coupling hook is not bent due to the thickness of the Sticks.

JonD
 
So we come to the final installment of this little saga. I finally got round to painting the top of the Stop, adding detail with Plasticard (some unknown piece of rusty metal), bolts with small BA Nuts and Rod. I lucked out here finding some slightly rusty ones that I hope will mature over time. The Sign was made on the PC and mounted on some card, the post being a short piece of Coffee Stirer. Moss is represented by some Scenic Matting that came with an Ebay Purchase as Packing! This is the state of play prior to installation.
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I installed it using the 80mm Skrew onto the baseboard. The large part of Scenic Mat being glued in place with Contact Adhesive. It is good to know that I can remove it should the need arise. Whilst all this has been going on the buildings in the next picture have been tidied up. Thus the Stop is in a far greater urban location than the Prototype. All that is left is to plant the end of the Stop, but that and further work will be described in my Layout Building Thread. Oh the rear and right hand side buildings are from bits scavenged from the Ruschbahn. The large one on the left came from my line at Hertford.
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The final picture is a Drivers Eye View of the Stop.
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If there is anything that you would like me to clarify, please ask.
JonD
 
Ooopps they are all OK on my iPad, taken on the iPhone and mailed so that I can add them via the Pad. In the past I have taken pics using the wrong orientation on the phone. Looks like I may be doing it again for you PC Boys. Sorry.
JonD
 
:o looks good from up here
 
Wrong way round for me. Could cope with sideways though!
 
If you open the image in a new browser tab and your browser is Chrome...
and you're in Lancashire
and its Thursday
and you like G scale trains
and you've just had a mug of milky coffee
and you're off to work...


then it displays the right way round.


Which is good, 'cos the Drivers eye view looks spot on !
 
Looking at this topic again, when I first read it the first two photos were OK and then the next ones of the initial construction I'm sure were OK and it was only the last ones of the finished item that were upside down. Now all except the first two are upside down.
 
Dtsteam said:
If you open the image in a new browser tab and your browser is Chrome...
and you're in Lancashire
and its Thursday
and you like G scale trains
and you've just had a mug of milky coffee
and you're off to work...


then it displays the right way round.




Which is good, 'cos the Drivers eye view looks spot on !
Click to expand...

Yer right Dave! Although I omitted the milky coffee and I'm at work :(
 
Can we have the pictures the right way round please, as its a bit awkward trying to turn me monitor upside down to view them........ :(
 
Ok so I think I know tge problem, here are two pics that should be correct. Please let me now if they are OK, then I know where I was going wrong wiv de iPhone. Sorry guys
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JonD
 
I see two pics side by side with no space between them. However, they are on their side and need rotating 90 degrees clockwise.
 
Same here - but its better than standing on my head!
 
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