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I have a some loops of track that consists of 3rd radius curves on the outer most loop, I want to replace a piece of 3rd radius curve for a curved point on one end of the loop so I can add a line that goes off into a fiddle yard or something like that etc. Im limted on width on my layout so I can't get any wider, otherwise I would have branched a line off a straight, but I can add length and figured this was the best way to do this. Would the hornby curved point available achieve this or is it only really suitable for connecting 2nd and 3rd radius curves?

New to model railway, I have a train set plus some additional track. About to begin building my first layout/ Im finding the standard train set controller sometimes 'overheats' (not sure on the techincal terms) but I have read that this is common. With that in mind can anyone recommend a step up from this controller that doesn't break the bank that is worth looking at?

So I am a complete begginer and to date have just used online resources to troubleshoot. That being said I have the below issue which I was hoping someone could cast some clarity over; I have a 2 loops of track made up on straights, 2nd radius curves and 3rd radius curves The loops are connected by 2 left hand points (R8072) I used the analogue hornby controller you get in a basic train set The loops are connected using the track link wire (R8201) My issue is I find that on 2 occasions when my 0-4-0 Loco is travelling at a slower speed over one of my points in particular there seems to be what I think is a 'short' and power to the track is lost all together, even if I take my layout apart, remove the points and just make a simple circle of track there is still no power. On both occasions so far power has been restored after just walking away and coming back to find it working again. When running the loco at a faster speed there are no problems (yet) and as I say it only seems to happen so far when the loco is running slowly. From what I have read to date my own diagnosis is there is some kind of surge or short that 'overheats' the controller or something resulting in power being cut. Can anyone confirm this is likely to be the case or what I can do to prevent it from happing in future? Would be nice to resolve so I can press on with my layout. Thanks!