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... here. The pink+ mark on the Templot template doesn't show the tip of the vee, it shows the position of the "Fine Point" (FP), i.e. the intersection of the track gauge lines, at peg position CTRL-4. The actual vee nose should be blunted back in the prototypical fashion so that it is strong enough to withstand wheel impacts and is properly supported in the "A" chair on the "A" timber. Here's a close-up of a Templot template showing that: blunt_nose.png It's worth printing a duplicate copy of the template so that the position of details obscured by the timbers can be checked during construction. For bullhead track the blunt nose width is 3/4" wide at the tip which scales to 0.44mm (17 thou) at 7mm/ft, so it's quite noticeably blunt and looks so much better than a sharp vee hanging in fresh air between the timbers. (GWR is 11/16" wide, 0.40mm, 16 thou). For 0-MF (31.5mm track gauge ...
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