Really Lovely stuff Jim
Makes me feel less lonely seeing another modellers handmade track

. It'd be nice to find a way to easily show people that its not always as hard as it looks so many more layouts could have the "from the ground up" excellence you layout will definately end up with.
My current logic: (a little "tongue in cheek")
(1) It takes less time to make your own: Example...
Trip to hobby shop - say 3/4 hour each way. Brwosing hobby shop because you can't help it - 3/4 hour
total time to buy a point - 2-1/4 hours
total time to make a point with mail-ordered copperclad & rail that looks & runs trains better than the one you bought - 1-1/2 hours (after the first couple anyway)
(2) Its way cheaper: Example...
Cost of trip to hobby shop and back, say ₤5~10
cost of point - say ₤10
cost of the loco you saw in the hobby shop while browsing that you don't need but couldn't resist - say ₤65
total cost of point - ₤85
total cost of making the point that works better than the one you buy ₤5
ADD an hour and another fiver for doing it with chaired bullhead rail etc and it still looks good.
A bit extreme - but there's a bit of truth there too
Richard