Trackwork

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Plain Track:

1-003 Bullhead Nickel Silver Rail (code 40)
1-050 PCB sleepers 17mm (8′ 6” post-group)
1-102 “Easiline” plain chairplates

1-120 Blackburn System Chair Assembly Jig
1-250 Track and point rollor gauge (milled brass)

Turnouts:

1-254 Crossing Nose Gauges
1-262 Turnout assembly jig – baseplate
1-264 Turnout assembly jig – B6 (for fiddle yard)

Tasks:

Investigate new Fences House Model Foundary Chairplates
Blackburn system?
Links:

Greenscene

Ballast
Templot
Woodland Scenics
Books:

Approach to Building Finescale Track in 4mm
Iain Rice
Paperback – 112 pages (1991)
Wild Swan; ISBN: 1874103003
A Pragmatic Guide To Building, Wiring and Laying PCB Track
Ian Rice
Paperback – 48 pages (1997)
RailMODEL; ISBN: 1900349094
Baseboard Basics and Making Tracks: Planning, Baseboard Construction, Tracklaying, Wiring
Trevor Booth
Paperback – 96 pages (19 November, 1993)
Silver Link Publishing Ltd; ISBN: 1857940067
Great Western Branch Line Modelling: Prototype Layouts, Track and Signalling
Stephen Williams
Paperback – 112 pages (1991)
Wild Swan; ISBN: 0906867959
GWR Switch and Crossing Practise: A design guide for 4mm Modellers
David Smith
Paperback – 152 pages (2001)
Great Western Study Group; ISBN:
The 2MM Handbook
Members of the 2mm Scale Association
Paperback – 116 pages (1990)
The 2mm Scale Association; ISBN:
Model Railway Journal:

MRJ 46 – Improved Crossing Vees
MRJ 57 – Track Defect Detector
MRJ 127 – More New 4mm Track (Exactotrack)
MRJ 142 – Crossing Vees Made Simple