... other to not introduce a thin weak point( thanks to Howard for this subtly that had passed me by). A couple of holes drilled through for the operating wire tother end of which one solders the switches to. 2_072058_400000000.jpg And here's the completed tiebar ready to be installed. I tried to make gentle bends on the .45mm wire using pliers with round jaws to reduce the chance the metal snapping with metal fatigue. 2787_072010_340000000.jpg And here's a side view of how the wire sits in the web of the rail. Very neat! 2787_072013_220000000.jpg Andrew posted: 14 Jan 2019 00:25 from: Andrew Duncan Hello everyone Progress in the last week has been steady rather than startling. The basic turnouts have been completed less their check rails and as you can see from the photo I've now made a start on them( check rails). What I'm finding though is that they are all under gauge at the crossing by a smidgen, but it's enough to stop the check rail gauge sliding nicely into place when setting out the checkrail, so I'm finding myself sliding ...