Getting Going

My Model Railway.

So following the plan I began to build the baseboard.

Against all recommendations it is MDF.I cut it into 1ft wide lengths and then created two boards. One four foot long and the other 2 ft long. The two foot piece is supposed to be my fiddle yard!

The two boards have then been bolted together. My theory at this stage is that the fiddle yard will move somehow, or be able to be detached so that it can vbe transported easily.

Here you can see the whole legth. Upside down.

Next, I covered the whole of the board with cork. I thought that this would give me a good surface to work off.

The next bit is best bit - laying out the track as it was on the plan.

Below you can also see that I am laying the track on a further layer of cork.
This will help provide the ballast shoulder!