Gungnir's Trains
Scratchbuilt Buffers
While LGB sells buffers as spare parts, they come without the housing, so buying them when scratchbuilding a car is only half a solution.

So, I tried to find some components to build simple buffers myself. The local building supply store had everything I needed.
Here you see a completed buffer, plus all of it's components.

Basically, it is a plastic thing meant to support a shelf, a nail with a large flat head, and a piece of polystyrene.

All I did was remove the nail from the shelfsupport, drill out the hole so it would take the large nail, round tho corners of the buffer plate, and bevel the edges a bit, and glue everything together.

The large nail sticks out a bit in the back, that only means I have to drill a hole when I want to attach it, it only makes the connection stronger.
Comparison between a LGB buffer and a scratchbuilt one. While there are differences, The will not be apparent when the parts have been painted black.

Total costs per buffer: a few cents.
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