... You can see how the vee nose has been blunted back from the intersection, and also profiled down below the level of the wing rails to match the coning angle on the wheels. The nose is always over the A timber and enclosed within the built-up A chair and spacers: 2_270449_340000000.jpg© Mick Nicholson regards, Martin. Hi Please note that the bolt at the nose on GW turnouts goes into the crossing timber. see attached photo. Cheers Phil PS. Not that there's much timber left on this nose Attachment: attach_759_1074_P8110030.JPG 1656 posted: 17 Mar 2010 14:33 from: David R Paul Boyd wrote: That crossing nose chair- I know C&L do one in brass but unless there's some odd colour rendering yours looks likes like resin. Is it? 100_170919_400000000.jpg C&L's A-chair casting is a GWR one without the triangular webs either side; this one is a NER design. All of the "white" bits in the photo are dozens of tiny bits of plastic card and rod. This is an O- ...