I Really like the modifications to the standard PECO point that DCC Concepts recommend in their very comprehensive downloadable cobalt instruction sheet. However for the double slips - which are expensive (£30+ ea) the thought of replacing the plastic sections with soldered copper clad was not for me, therefore I settled for trimming the plastic down to reduce the offensiveness of the original moulding...

Here you can see a sort of before and after

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