Stub-point turnout | 3 has all of the necessary curves done before spiking it in place. To begin I only spike the rail at least 10 ties away from the point where the straight track and the curved track are likely to spread out of gauge. The suppliers of the spikes are such companies as Peco (UK), Llagas Creek (US) and Micro Engineering (US). I am sure that there are others. I sometimes use 15mm x 18 gauge ‘T’ nails intended for my nail gun. It just takes a bit of time to take them off the strip. The advan- tage to using these is that they are square and bite very nicely into pre-drilled holes. If you look around the tool stores, you can also get them galva- nized. They still rust, but it seems to be only surface rust. [4] shows how I use a Llagas Creek track roller to pre-bend the rail before spiking it in place. 1. Here are the sleepers (ties) laid out on the weathertex board. • INDEX I next lay the curved rail and also spike it • TABLE OF CONTENTS