Improving Peco points
For better or worse, I have stuck to 00 gauge all my modelling life, apart from a brief trial of EM about thirty years ago, which foundered on the twin rocks of chassis replacement and point building. I just did not have enough spare time ,or indeed interest in tackling PW, to devote to the hobby to achieve anything worthwhile in a wider gauge, so since then have used C&L plain track and Peco points along with Tracklay underlay. This was covered in a blog entry here- http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/62/entry-10836-tracklaying-with-tracklay/ -and I am pleased with both the cosmetic and running qualities of this product. The points however, with their flatbottom rail and vestiges of chairs really showed up in photos, breaking the continuity of flow to the eye.
So, after some gentle pushing, I decided to apply cosmetic chairs to the points, which has made a considerable visual improvement to them. I posted a thread entry on this work some time ago, and here is a link to it - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/75560-cosmetic-alterations-to-peco-code-75-points/ - which shows the work done, but thought it might be useful to have it here where it might be easier to find. This, and a tidy up of the extra plastic at the business end of the points makes a real difference to the overall look of things. Here are a couple more shots of trackwork to show this.
Edit
Reinstatement of images, in no real order, but better than nothing...
Edited by Ben Alder
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