This is what almost 100 bases for point rodding stools look like before they are cut out of plasticard:

And this is what they look like after they have been cut out!

Here is a two-rodding stool mounted on a base:

....and with a 5p coin for size comparason:

This is the jig that I'm planning to use to space the rodding stools and their bases at the correct distance from the track (9mm) and from each other (24mm - for pre-Grouping round rodding):

Next up is to start drilling 1.0mm holes in the right locations in the baseboard, with the help of the jig, and to start glueing the bases and rodding stools in place.

When they and the cranks and compensators are in position, but before the rodding itself is added, I shall paint them and do the track weathering and then the ballasting.

Update 30/4/10

Well, I'm becoming more and more aware of the fact that nothing else has yet been done to the point rodding since I last posted this several months ago!

Until I at least get the bases and stools down, plus the cranks and compensators, I can't really start the ballasting, and I certainly won't do anything permanent about scenery until the track is fully ballasted and weathered...

So, hopefully we'll see a bit of action on the point rodding front in the next few weeks...

Update 02/6/10

Well, it's certainly been 'a few weeks' since the last update, but I'm very happy to say now that work on installing the point rodding has at last commenced, with all locations marked out and drilled, and the bases and stools are now being epoxied in place. The cranks, compensators and actual rodding will then follow. Photos in due course...

Update 08/6/10

I'm happy to report that I finally glued the last cranks, stools and compensators in position with epoxy this evening. I won't be adding the rodding itself (0.45mm brass wire) until the track has been weathered and ballasted.

Update 24/6/10

Here are a couple of photos showing the current state of affairs - just awaiting painting and the actual rodding.