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So here is hoping someone can help, I'm laying some track (all hornby) and have come across the following issues when using the diamond crossing...

Here is a picture of how it should look like:

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Here is a picture of how it actually looks, there is a gap between the diamond and the point on the right:

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I would have thought the track should line up and slot into place without gaps? Is it something anxious that I'm missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated  thank you 

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I've just tried it with both Hornby diamonds with R606 curve and standard LH points  and it still comes up short per haroons picture.

 

It does work after a fashion as I had a loop crossing on my old layout with diamonds.Its not quite the same...

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 It will be the point at the top right which is the wrong hand. The curved part is slightly longer than the straight part when used that way. If you wanted to use that hand of point a short length of flexible track cut to correct length and a couple of rail joiners should be substituted for the fixed curve rail.

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As others have said, the wrong points in the wrong orientation. The image below may make the error more obvious.

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It worked! :D

Wrong point used, the top right point should have been a left hand point.

The pic of the plan shows all points labled as the same, when it should actually be 3 right or left points with either 1 left or right point on the other side of the diamond crossing.

Here's the pic with the right point used:

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Still a couple of tiny gaps between the links but that should be fixed when its all pinned down.

Thank you all for your support, much appreciated! :)

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