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1.  Hand laid code 83 track.  If someone shows you how, it goes pretty quickly (not as fast as nailing down flex track).  I also cannot find a curved turnout with the radius I need, so I will be handlaying.  If you have a lot of the same frog turnout, a fast tracks jig is an excellent investment.  Calculated cost for a code 83 turnout is somewhere around half of a manufactured code 83 turnout (I think somewhere between 10-15 is the break even point).   I handlaid a number 4 with no copper ties,  it took about 3hrs to build and works flawlessly.  Later I will go back and slip tie plates and scale spikes in between the out of scale spikes. 2.  Sergent couplers 3.  Use a screw to attach coupler boxes, not glue.....Intermountain [:(!] (also me 5 years ago).  It is very easy to say "why would I ever need to take a coupler off"  <--I said those exact words.   You will find a need one day (Kadees do break if subjected to the right force at the correct angle).
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