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Allright guys, help!!! <br />I'm almost ready to buy material to start my new layout, and I'm becoming more undecided if I should go plywood / homasote or foam. The layouts my dad built when I was a kid were homasote, so I'm comfortable with that method. I like the idea of the thicker foam for terrain possibilities. So here are my questions. Do you have plywood under the foam? How do you hold the track down? Glue? Track Nails? If glue, what kind and how east is it to rearrange track if necessary? Do you use roadbed? Foam? Cork? Homabed? My layout will be 5' x 9' maybe 10' and will need to be moved and stood on edge for storage at times. How will this hold up? What do you about the nasty pink color during construction phases? It will take me a while to get to scenery, and I don't think I can look at that color for long. Do you paint it. Sorry if this hijacks this thread, but I'm trying to not fear the foam. <br /> <br />Dave
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