Hi,

Having layed down the base of the concrete hard standing on the Extension of Hythe last weekend, I have been working on it since!

I have been using Andy Y's method for inset track used on his Keyhaven Layout, it's a very good method and works well. I have made one slight alteration, in his Method, Andy uses 'Fabfoam' for in between the rails, but I have used lengths of self-adhesive Floormaster Solid Wood Underlay which is avaible in very large rolls from B&Q, I found it after it was being used as a subsitute for cork tiles on my Clubs new Test Track. It stands only fractionally proud of the code 100 track I was using, but it does not foul the underside of my lowest piece of stock, but it is soft enough that if it does, it shouldn't do any damage. It is also easy to paint and looks like concrete at the end!

I've spent the day today filling the gap between the cork and the track with filler to complete the hard standing, then finally painting it, it currently looks like this:

The plain cork I have only just stuck down because the shape was hard to cut, so I left it! The hole in the hard standing is for the fueling point which will be glued in soon. You can see down the bottom I have also ballasted around the track using Gaugemaster N gauge granite ballast

Comments Welcome!

Simon