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Dave[?], - - - [:D] After drying, does this water based putty soften when mositure is applied, some do? If so, then as stated above, you will need to use a water soluable glue like white glue. If you use glue be sure to spray the puttied area llightly with water first so that it doesn't soak up all the mositure in the glue. The glue will need to retain some of it's mositure to soak into the cork. Side note: This wetting technique also should be used with wood so that the glue will wick into the wood deeper. If the putty doesn't soften then I would use an adhesive caulk for the cork roadbed. For track I agree that using nails is better. After "tacking down" the track and applying your ballast you can remove the nails as they no longer serve any purpose. The nails don't need to be hammered all the way in when "tacking down" the track unless you will be runing your trains before ballasting. When ballasting put some weight on the track while the balast dries. You don't need a "heavy" weight, just enough to ensure the track is down against the cork. As David (Wow! this is getting a little deep, Dave answering Dave's question and referring to David's reply) states don't glue down your turnouts. As well as needing to someday be replaced they need to work freely. I lay them in place, tack them down, ballast them and run electrical feeders to all points.
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