THE REMOVABLE CROSS JOINERS ALLOW FOR CONSTRUCTION IN SITU,
OR ON THE BENCH



TIE JIG SPACES THE TIES TO REALISTIC, EXACT AAR DIMENSIONS,
WITH PROPER VARIABLE TIE SPACING. ADDITIONAL EXACT SIZE HOLES FOR
SIMPLE PUSH-PINS HOLD THE JIGS IN PLACE ON VIRTUALLY ANY TRACKBED

THE OUTER SHAPE MATCHES THE 2" BALLAST LINE/CLEARANCE  AS WELL AS
DOUBLE TRACK SPACING



THE TIEPLATE SETTING JIG ALSO DOUBLES AS A TRACK PLANNING TOOL,
WITH BOTH CENTER-LINES FOR DRAWING LINE POSITIONING -
AND GAUGE END MATCHING  FOR PRECISE INSERTION OF A SWITCH
 INTO EXISTING TRACKWORK



PRECISION ALIGNMENT PEGS LOCK THE PLATE JIG  IN EXACTLY
 THE RIGHT POSITION ON THE TIES .



MERELY CHOICE OF TIEPLATES ALLOWS FOR SWITCHES TO BE MADE TO
EITHER REGULAR NMRA HO OR PROTO:87 STANDARDS.

SIDE LOCATING SLOTS IN THE PLATE, POSITION THE APPROPRIATE SIZE TIEPLATES
 CORRECTLY TO GAUGE FOR ANY CODE SIZE RAIL - 40, 55, 70 or 83

AS EASY TO ASSEMBLE AS FINISHING A JIGSAW PUZZLE !
AND NO SPECIAL CRAFTSMANSHIP SKILLS ARE NEEDED



HERE MOST OF THE PLATES (FOR CODE 55) HAVE BEEN GLUED IN POSITION



END VIEW SHOWING THE SMOOTH, PROTOTYPICAL, AAR CURVE



SIDE VIEW SHOWING THE AFFORDABLE REALISM OF PROPER, SAW CUT TIES.




CLOSE UP OF THE PRECISION SELF-GAUGING, AND RAIL ALIGNING
 DUMMY SPIKE HEAD DETAIL ON THE TIE-PLATES.

NO NEED FOR ANY LARGE AND EXPENSIVE RAIL JIGS TO PRE-CONSTRUCT
OR SOLDER A  RAIL SKELETON




SIDE VIEW SHOWING HOW SIMPLY THE TIE BASE CAN BE CURVED,

ALL WITHOUT LOSING THE BUILT-IN RAIL ALIGNMENT SYSTEM.



MORE PARTLY FINISHED VIEWS WITH THE FROG PLATES ADDED.

THEN THE  FROG AND CODE 55 RAILS HAVE SIMPLY BEEN GLUED IN PLACE,
WHILE THE DUMMY SPIKE HEADS HELD EACH OF THEM  IN PRECISELY THE RIGHT POSITION

ALREADY THIS SIMPLE, QUICK AND ALMOST UNSKILLED ASSEMBLY PROCESS IS PRODUCING A
"MUSEUM QUALITY" SWITCH WITH MINIMAL EFFORT AND A PARTS COST WELL BELOW
 EVEN A REGULAR QUALITY  RTR OR CUSTOM MADE SWITCH



TWO CLOSE UPS SHOWING THE FROG PLATE AND FROG DETAIL