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Nearing the end! More advice please


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Hi! Thanks everyone for their help and advice so far. Both in topic replies and the many searches I have made. 

 

Im fairly proud of my efforts so far in making a layout for my Son and the family for Christmas. I have made the baseboard and two 4x4 tables myself. Designed a layout that's fun and busy (this was the hardest part) I have stuck down cork, and lightly pinned the track in place at this point. I have cut the track and soldered to screws. I have fitted 3 point motors but not yet wired up. 

 

My questions are as follows. 

 

Will the pva glue/water and ballast be enough to hold the track down alone? Or should I remove piece by piece and glue it before hand.

 

How close to the edge of the sleepers should I cut the cork? I have roughly followed it so far. Im a bit concerned about the corner edge of the cork showing through the ballast which makes me wonder if I should cut it right to the edge?

 

lastly, the most difficult question! Any opinions on what to do with the areas of the baseboard that have nothing on? I dont want to mess this up and make it look tacky or fake. It's just an at home fun layout but I want to look at it and think I did a good job. On the only other layout I build for my son on a 6x4 I just covered it with grass. But it didnt look great. I had in mind there would be a road from the crossing to a carpark, a fence around the track from the turntable, a small square of grass with a play area. Then a footpath leading from here, over the track that lead to the turntable, and to the other small station. The sidings in the middle, in my mind Id love a nice shed scene, dirty track, spilt coal, water tower, etc etc. But I just can envisage how I will do it. Lineside fencing, I dont know what to do to make that look right. My mind is in a bit of a confused state! So many options and it's all fairly new to me. Id love to use the grass you use the machine to scatter (sorry not sure of the name) rather than scatter but as you can see I've already spent a fair few quid! 

 

Cheers! Andy 

 

note in the pics, the two halves are not joined but lightly pushed together hence the gap. And the stations are incomplete and just placed on there to get them out of the way. Ive just moved the lot in from the garage which taken quite a while. So left as is ready to start when I get home from work today*

 

 

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