Cork... I went for 3mm to allow a nice shoulder on the ballast where appropriate. Elsewhere cork goes pretty much everywhere, effectively raising the formation 3mm in general.

Right Here is the posy controller I talked about above. When I bought it I thought it was pretty gimmicky, but did like the 'throttle lever'. However I'm quite converted now, it adds something having to brake to stop. I guess you can do this with DCC, but expense. All is now set for tomorrow's (hopefully) triumphant arrival of the first two point motors and the grand Laying Of The Double Slip ceremony. This will be a bit like one of those laying the foundation stone things, only a with a bit more rail and things. Only a start, but nonetheless an actual start. Once installed, one whole yard of track can be laid permanently, but at least some track can be temporarily put in place to allow playing, and some ballasting maybe (if I can find the bag I bought six years ago)...

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