Good to see that your toy's have turned up. I seem to find that I can go through one of those boxes of sleepers all to quickly.

I've not found a need for a jig to build the flexitrack. If the rail has been nicely filed it normally just slips in. I normally put a tiny chamfer on to ease it on. I also leave the sleepers on the sprue until I have added the track. The extra rigidity makes it easier, I also put a dozen or so sections on at a time alternating the sides so that you don't get a curve before cutting the spure off. I have just finish making about 5ft up in the last hour.

Depends how much I need! (Now for a better answer)

I tend to purchase the 10m coils of rail as I find they work fine for me. This allows me to make up so quite long lengths. The longest length that I have built is about 5ft. Having done that one I decided that I would go for slightly short lengths as a maximum in future, say no more than 4ft. At 5ft it just became very unwieldy. I see that you have bought the 500mm sections, as such your max length is going to be 500mm unless you significantly stagger the rail joints. I see no issues with a 500mm piece of track, easy to handle and quick to lay.

As an extra thought, did you buy the glue (1-164)? If not and you need some I would recommend it. It works far better than standard PVA and will hold the track in place whilst it dries, though a little weight on the track is helpful on curves. The glue also works very well with PCB track.

That's about it, a couple of sleeper is normally more than enough. You can do it with no sleepers but you do need to lay one section, wait for the glue to dry then lay the next section if you want to do it this way (at least that is the best way that I have found to do it).

Nice to see another taking up track construction. I hope to be started myself soon. I wonder do you need to cut the webs on the sleeper units on curves.

Don