'Shortening' of Peco Points

[kebo66]

Can any member help me out here, the old memory isn't what it used to be.

Some months back I remember seeing some pics of a layout on which the builder had cleverly manipulated the Peco points by 'shortening' some of the exit rails so that the points can be mounted much closer together, and so allowing quite complex junctions to be built in a much smaller space on the layout.

I think it must have been on one of Mick's Roving Reporter CDs (of which I only have Vol 5 & have scoured it without success) or on the Forum, again possibly one of Mick's reports but as yet I haven't found it.

Any help would be much appreciated.

I really must start putting my 'mental notes' on a piece of paper.

Keith

[MickT]

Keith,

That is Oxford Group member John Wilkes' Coleford which was featured in the Railway Modeller last month (May issue). This has a very good description of the layout and an excellent illustrated guide to how he adapted the points. There was also an article on the layout in 009 News 39/3 December 2011 and I think he may have described the trackwork in another issue but don't have a reference to hand at the moment.

You won't find Coleford in the Roving Reporter CD's as the last volume (5) only went as far as 2009 but there are several appearances of it in my online blog ( http://micksrovingreporter.blogspot.com/ ) over the past 3 years or so. Try NG South 2010 photos 079 - 080, Beds & Bucks Members Day 2012 photos 080 - 086 and Oxford NGM Members Day 2012 photos 068 - 071 for starters. There may be more in other appearances, these are just from memory and I still haven't got round to producing an index for these online reports - if somebody wants to do this, then it will save me a lot of memory searching?!

Mick

[kebo66]

Mick
Many thanks for this information, I have managed to find some of your blog references. Sadly I do not have the 009 News 39/3 Dec 2011 as I only became a member last year. I will also try to track down a copy of last month's Railway Modeller.

Regards, Keith