... topic: 1355 My First Points posted: 30 Jan 2011 13:23 from: BeamEnds Ok so it's probably a bit of a yawn to many, but I'm dead chuffed. 262_300819_310000000.jpg 262_300820_250000000.jpg 262_300821_060000000.jpg I'm particularly pleased with the tie-bar- it's not wildly out of scale, and cost next to nothing. The ramblings of an idiot about building these points can be found at: Soddingham Track Cheers Richard Last edited on 30 Jan 2011 13:27 by BeamEnds posted: 30 Jan 2011 13:38 from: JFS Hello Richard, It looks very nice! I like the planing of the wing and checkrail ends. Just a couple of small concerns- are you sure that the check rails are long enough? I would have expected them to cover 5 sleepers rather than just three. Also, it looks like you have taken both the point and the splice rails to the point of the vee, whereas on the prototype, the blunt nose was formed entirely in the point rail as per this illustration from Martin... gallery/2 ...