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Fear not Mark, first lay your track out but do not glue or nail it down. Mark the center lines between the ties. Remove sections of track and draw a solid center line. The cork is pre-split in the center, seperate them. Gluing the cork to the sub-roadbed gives the smoothest roadbed. Tacks or staples make bumpy roadbed. Follow the center line with straight edge of cork. You may have to use weights to hold the cork down while the glue sets up. Do one side at a time. Turnouts are a bit tricky and dificult to explain, so I'm going to cop-out and suggest pre-shaped [url="http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/357-1500"]cork for turnouts[/url]. <br /> Since you are just begining, start out with a small easy to fini***rack plan. Read some of the replies to my question,[url="http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12872"] How Many Layouts Have You Built and What did you learn from them"[/url]. There is pretty good advice there.
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