... It should be possible to do it in such a way that they could be folded round the foot of the rail, then soldered up in such a way that they grip the rail yet still allow the rail to slide through the spikes. The obvious snag is that they would not be large!!! Just re colouring the template- I sprayed mine BEFORE sticking it down- but did it with a thin enough coat of paint that allowed the detail still to show through- you can see the effect here:- 1129_090601_450000000.jpg On the more complex bits, I also added a grey (acrylic) wash between the sleepers which toned down the template but did not flood over the timbers. gallery/1129/1129_031237_310000000.jpg After it is all ballasted, you can see nothing of the template anyway! gallery/1129/1129_031338_190000000.jpg Hope that helps a bit, Cheers, Howard. Last edited on 9 Jul 2013 13:00 by JFS posted: 10 Jul 2013 09:06 from: SimonH Hello Howard and Arthur, Some good ideas both. I'm ...