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Working on my first "true" layout, N-scale, roughly 3' x 5', not counting all the boxed trainset HO layouts I had to build as a kid without any budget or experience, as a poor boy having to use banana peels for roadbed and grandma's cristmas gift knitted sweaters as scenery filler material. <br /> <br />I'm working on scenery now, but I have already made some "unexpected discoveries": <br /> <br />1/4" plywood - someone mentioned it already. Not good for anything, not even N scale track, especially when going the cookie cutter way. It warps as soon as you put the jigsaw to it, makes for some pretty wavey track. Plywood is one of those things you can't scale down. <br /> <br />Using cheap construction lumber instead of dimensional pine. Major warpage here. <br /> <br />Insulated joiners on curves - Using insulated joiners to avoid buying a Dremel and doing it Sperandeo's way created trackage kinks that I can barely live with. A real eyesore.
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