... simple idea that I hadn't thought of. Another benefit of going to these things particularly for a lone modeller. So here's a photo of the centre of the slip showing the loose heeled switch hinges/ nuts soldered to the underside of the sleepers just before sticking in position, and the 17" wide central timber, extra long to take the operating crank, which I'll build in when installing the point rodding. These loose heels are for the slip switches, the K Crossings are not loose heel so don't require any hinge. 2787_250523_270000000.jpg 2787_250532_550000000.jpg And here's the complete slip with all the sleepers in place and the first rail bent to the right shape as far I could manage, to reduce the stress and just laid in place to see how it follows the curves. You can also see the short lengths of tinned brass strip super glued to the timbers in places of potential mechanical stress such as the check rails and the centre of the slip itself. EDIT oops sorry no couldn't because the K crossing ones weren't in that photo, but here they are now ...