Well I have finally plucked up the courage and have made two out of the three turnouts. I say courage as these were C&L B6 tunrout kits and I have never scratch built any track before, so I did feel a little trepidation before I started.

The first one was a real challenge and there are a few minor glitches with gauge I think but it was a good learning experience. The second was much better and I found quicker ways of doing things like threading chairs on to rails before cutting them off the frets.

I think I can say that although they have taken a long time to build, about 3hrs for the second one, I have really enjoyed the build process and as they look so much better than RTR ones I am now a convert - mind you I think I will stick to using C&Ls flexi track for my plain line - too many chairs to thread!! .

One thing I did do before I tackled this part of the project was to read, and read. I found the books by Iain Rice very helpful, both "An approach to building Finescale Track in 4mm" and "A Pragmatic guild to building, wiring and laying PCB Track". I also found the various topics on RMWeb on the subject of track of great support.

Anyway, here are a couple of shots of the turnouts - I have yet to solder on droppers and weather.

The bottom one is my first attempt and the top is the second. The second will form the turnout to the sidings.