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Yes, welcome aboard! Gordon has given you some very good advice! The foam question has been pretty much answered. Think about trying to shape plywood into roadbed, ditches, hills, valleys, rivers and mountains and you can see plywood is pretty limited for making these features. Now, think about how easy it is to cut foam with a knife, hacksaw blade or even hot wire and you can see how easy it is to add all these features to your layout with foam. There is also the method of building land forms with wire screen, risers or a latis work cardboard strips etc. and covering these in paper towels dipped in some kind of plaster material to build up land forms. Like in everything, there are many ways to skin a cat. <br /> <br />You have many choices ahead of you, to contemplate. What scale to model, what RR, what era, do you think the idea of really operating your RR like the proto type will appeal to you? What type of electrical operatating system do you want to use? I agree with Gordon, buy several of Kalmbach's books on the various aspects of model railroading and familiarize yourself with the things you feel you lack knowledge of. There are some basics books which will guide you through the complete building of a small RR. I like the idea behind these books as they give you the information you need to do the job, without overloading the ol' brainbox! Then when your confidence level is up you can add more books to your library. <br /> <br />Mark
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