Martin Wynne
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Where a long timber is needed, two shorter ones are sometimes joined using old fishplates screwed across the join. Not easy to find details in photos, but I have just come across this:
Here the toe timbers have been extended for the drive fittings (in this case a hand lever, but similar might be needed for rodding cranks).
If you forgot to lay extended timbers on a turnout, all is not lost.
This is a GWR joggled flexible switch. Notice also that the switch front on the stock rails has been shortened to the bare minimum, presumably to fit within adjacent pointwork.
Another detail to note is ash ballast in sidings well below the timber tops. It would be difficult to disguise laser-cut timber webs under the rails. For the plug track I have used trimmable "sprues" on the ends of the timbers instead.
Martin.
Where a long timber is needed, two shorter ones are sometimes joined using old fishplates screwed across the join. Not easy to find details in photos, but I have just come across this:
Here the toe timbers have been extended for the drive fittings (in this case a hand lever, but similar might be needed for rodding cranks).
If you forgot to lay extended timbers on a turnout, all is not lost.
This is a GWR joggled flexible switch. Notice also that the switch front on the stock rails has been shortened to the bare minimum, presumably to fit within adjacent pointwork.
Another detail to note is ash ballast in sidings well below the timber tops. It would be difficult to disguise laser-cut timber webs under the rails. For the plug track I have used trimmable "sprues" on the ends of the timbers instead.
Martin.
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