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Congratulations! <br /> <br />I would recommend a roadbed such as the cork roadbed sold by various places like Midwest. I believe Woodland Scenics also has a foam roadbed, not the same material that you're buidling on, which would be the subroadbed. Depending on how you want to ballast your track, you can either put the tracks on the subroadbed with glue (dilute white glue 50/50) or you can put the roadbed down with the 50/50 glue and then glue the track on top of that. <br /> <br />Advantages of putting it on a roadbed <br /> - greater sound-deadening properties, although you are building on foam, so it's not that big a deal <br />- raising the track above the level of the foam is more prototypical, as railroads want to have as much drainage away from the tracks as possible. <br />- when you put ballast on the track, it will follow the contours of the roadbed and you won't have to use as much ballast material to "fill" in. <br /> <br />disadvantages: <br /> <br />- you have another piece of stuff you have to glue down or take up if you decide to move it. <br />- cost, although the foam seems to be cheaper than the cork. <br /> <br />there are other advantages and disadvantages, but those are the most important ones I could think of. <br />
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