Yay my test etch turned up frmm PPD, not sure if they just did it or if Royal Mail held on to it for a bit.

Anyway, mostly lever etches in both 8 thou and 10 thou to test each, I needed to measure the thickness of each one as their etch of that detail seems to have gone a little awry..

Lever guard made up in 8 thou, no breaks and its square now but the top bit has turned up overlength this time, might need to adjust it again .

These worked well though - posed on top of an Exactoscale 1:7 but its a 1:8 and proves the sleeper spacing are spot on and it fits that 1:8 vee nicely. I'll try and make up a crossing on one in the next couple of days.

edit: I've made up a crossing now, the nickel might be slightly thinner than I really need as you can flex a finished assembly a bit too easily. I'd probably do these in brass anyway as there is no real need for the crispness of nickel.

Switch anchor strips that fit within the web of the rail allowing you to make up a switch anchor easily. It should be about twice as long as need so you can make one from each half but I haven't tried it get. Pleased it fits properly in the web though as that'll aid drilling the rail.

I also put 10ft tie bars on this etch.