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Well, laying track has never been too difficult for me, although it HAS been several years. I was laying Atlas flextrack and switches. The worst party was trying to paint the rails later with a brush... I was kind of sloppy. Next time - airbrush. I've tried handlaying track. Regular track wasn't too much of a problem - turnouts have defeated me. I tried building in place - actually finished one - but it didn't work well enough to keep. I tried building one at the bench - per Tony Koester's article - I didn't finish it. I would love to handlay all my track - turnouts (and crossings) are what scare me away. On my next railroad (hopefully to be started later this year) I will be using Micro-Engineering or Walthers Flextrack, and Walthers/Shinohara turnouts. I may go back - one turnout at a time, and replace them with hand-built. So... Biggest challenge is handlaying turnouts - I will overcome it by buying pre-made :D Rob
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