... . I managed to free it but it doesn't close easily enough. I suspect the pin has glued to the sleeper. Probably needs unsoldering to work it free. Doh! Nigel Last edited on 31 Oct 2020 20:16 by Nigel Brown posted: 31 Oct 2020 20:17 from: wcampbell23 Hi Julian There are several commercially produced products available. For 7mm scale I originally used the Ambis product- these are nickel-silver etched brackets and thin double-sided copperclad strip. One of my turnouts is shown below: 54_311508_060000000.jpg The brackets are soldered to the inside edge of the foot of the rail and the etched brackets. The drive bar is extended to the side in a similar manner to the prototype. The assembly is solid with no pivots- this works more satisfactorily for longer switches compared to the dummy sleeper and pivoting pin arrangement. Even with short switches there is plenty of flex in the switch rails for the movement to be free enough for point motor operation. Since using these the price has increased dramatically and I now use a simple ...