Completely agree with Martin, the handbuilt points are not difficult at all! They make such a difference to the overall look of the layout as well, much better than the peco points in my opinion. Hope you don't mind me posting this Pete, this is a photo comparison of one of my handbuilt points for New Southwich against a similar peco model:
image by AP474, on Flickr
Whilst my point work isn't perfect, I'm very happy with it and think that this photo in particular shows the difference it makes.
Hope that helps.