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 I prefer commercial flex track for several reasons. 1. You'll go completely stark raving mad before you complete  handlaying enough track for a large size layout. 2. Hand layed track on wooden ties will rot out long before quality commercial plastic ties. 3. If you decide to change your configuration, you can remove the ties, reshape the rails and reinstall the ties which would prove impossible with hand layed track. You will loose a few ties each time you reconfigure [they tend to get brittle after a few years].  4. Commercial track is extremely consistant and not prone to "gauge creep" like hand layed track unless you are extremely careful when assembling. 5. Hand layed track is not that much less expensive when you consider the cost of rails, spikes, quality rot-resistent wooden ties, etc. 6 If you do not already posess the required tool; you may need to buy saw(s), planer, hammers, other tools and lots of bandages for smashed/cut fingers.  Ear plug for your spouse might be a nice touch if you are prone to "talking" to your work when thing go awry.
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