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No real problems with the roundhouse track.  I did use Code 83 as I do everywhere.  I took a new length of Atlas Code 83 and measured the 15 inches or so that would run the length of the building's interior and then added 3 more inches or so* to reach the edge of the pit.  * Now those extra inches are somewhat critical in length as the the three tracks naturally converge and getting them right means that they converge with 10 degree separation around the pit, as suggested by the instructions.  The exact length of those extra inches escapes me at the moment, but it is printed on the instruction pages as part of the install if using either of the Walthers Cornerstone roundhouses. Then I stripped the ties from all but the part of the length that extends beyond the doors.  The ties on this part keep the lengths aligned rather than working with two separate rail pieces.  I placed the bare rails in their slots and used good doses of Superglue and sprayed with DIY Superglue "kicker" (baking soda in water) to fix them in immediately.  Worked fine. All this is done, of course, before assembly.  Then I used some Bragdon powders to weather up the shop floor and mask any residue of the glue and kicker. I connected drop feeders with solder to each rail just at the point before they rest on the pit rim so I could mask the solder points and feeder wire with ballast.   My only problem was having to lean over the actual structure to solder and trying not to fall on the darn thing.
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