[alberta]

I build my own track & to be honest i dont find it to difficult once you understand the basic principles of track construction. The new dvd see here http://www.model-railway-dvd.co.uk/ is all about trackwork &by the main man Norman Soloman. Great dvd &their is a little video on that site to show you what to expect. You can buy a point kit from either www.marcway.co.uk which is copper & rail or www.finescale.org.uk where you can buy C & L point kits which are 25 pounds each. They contain all parts to build a point with greatly detailed parts including chairs etc & the point blades & crossings are ready built. They are not very hard to build &come with roller gauges in 3 scales depending on which you want to model. Personally i dont like the C&L kits their expensive & flimpsy.
You can build ply & rivet points but their more for p4 & em gauges i will in the near future be building a em point using a plan drawn on templot & using ply & rivet construction.

Hope that helps.

Alberta

 

[alberta]

The whole range of those dvd,s are great they are good simply because they run you thru the whole sequence start to finish & make sure they point out the tricky bits. I really enjoyed them & they help you no end. But the best way to learn is to have a go try to find the old smp kits their about a fiver & come with a plan , copper & rail & instructions & if you mess up it is a fiver wasted & alesson learned.