... So your S scale track uses the 0.180" long spikes from the longer O and S scale fret? Did you put glue under the rail or just rely on the spikes to hold it. What did you do when building turnouts? Rob, There's actually a bit more of a story about the track. When I first showed the picture above on another forum I was taken to task about the lack of railplates. So I CNC machined railplates from Plastikard to go under the rail and the track then looked like this. 25_101855_120000000.jpg To lay pointwork I laid the timbers on a Templot printout then positioned every fifth or so railplate on the timbers and stuck them down with Butanone. The rails were then spiked through these railplates and checked for gauge. When all looked well, the other railplates were inserted and glued and the spike holes were drilled and the spikes inserted. Here's a turnout partially constructed. 25_101859_200000000.jpg There's also a difference to UK practice since I'm using self-guarding "frogs", so no check rails. However, I did have to ...