... topic: 3361 Scissors Crossover posted: 3 Dec 2018 15:47 from: richard_t Hi I'm trying to design a scissors crossover for my fiddle yard. It should be fairly simple, all the turnouts are B-8, and the roads are straight, but I can't get the diamonds correct. I've isolated the 4 turnouts and include as an attachment. Also a quick screenshot: 499_031042_560000000.png I can manage the K crossings (but I've not included in them in the box attached), but the diamond V crossings have me foxed. And yes I could probably leave it like that, and just build in the vees, but I'd like it "proper", and there's a high chance I'd just blindly cut the rail, and start to assemble, to only then realise what I'd done. Thanks in advance. Attachment: attach_2783_3361_scissors_2018_12 _03_1521_12.box 161 posted: 3 Dec 2018 17:20 from: Martin Wynne Hi Richard, A type 1 scissors (with the diamond V-crossings in the turnout curves) needs quite a bit of faff. ...