Having successfully built two C&L 7mm finescale points (regular B6 and complex three way) I decided to try a 4mm scale regular B6 point. This is almost complete but along the way I have made some observations, worth documenting.
The principle of construction is identical, but the 4mm kits are that much smaller and therefore fiddly. Pushing the chairs onto the rails was a lot more difficult for me to accomplish.
Gluing the chairs on to the sleepers was also somewhat more fiddly and I probably overused the Butanone solvent.
The preformed rails worked perfectly with just some simple trimming using an Xacto (not possible on the 7mm rails for which I used my Dremel and cut off disk).
When I came to remove the almost completed 4mm point to fit the tiebars, I realized that the Butanone is not a good adhesive for holding the chairs to the rails and where the slide chairs are located this meant that all those sleepers fell off!
The instructions do suggest some use of CA adhesive but I feel the advice should read "use a lot of" CA adhesive! The same comment applies to the 7mm points but less so. I am using a gap filling CA adhesive.
I am making my points on my workbench, so it could be said that this comment would not apply to track built in situ. Right now I am patiently checking each sleeper and using CA glue where necessary.
The appearance of the C&L track is definitely the best available for 00 gauge trackwork. The existing soldered track has the same appearance minus the chair detail. This now raises the question: should I switch to C&L for Shipston? The answer is probably "Yes!"
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