I'm was playing around with the best option for sub roadbed and decided on 18mm finished ply for strength but tough to work with I found. Then I was looking at how to cut it to get the most accurate shape needed for my layout as it  is very curvy. So I have decided on the cookie cutter approach it is easy to get out of a sheet and is most cost effective. I was interested in the spline suggestion but one needs to get the correct wood for a small area as mine 12'x14' room.

Wrapping up the backdrops and moving on to roadbed installation...

This week I visited the amazing model of Italian city on water VENICE on Miniature Wunderland in Germany.
Enjoy the tour! Link to the video is found below..

I've been having a problem with ME insulated rail joiners (code 55).  They are misaligned vertically - one side is about .015 above the other.  I've been having to file one of the tracks to get a smooth joint.  It looks like the dies used to make the joiners are not properly aligned when they are brought together during the molding process.  Has anyone had a similar problem?

Brand new to model railroading. Recently retired from federal government and am excited about this new hobby. Any and all advice is welcomed.

Some project updates from me Vlog... 
 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk4iOhoQpAQ

Some may have noticed i have posted a few various track plans over the last 6 months attempting to fill my 10' x 20' room. My original plan was to tackle the Northern Pacific Yacolt Branch. After many different plans and attempts I decided to scrap it, I just couldn't make it fit the space without 3 decks and a peninsula.

(I will continue on the next post)

Hi MRH friends I am thinking of adding a section to my future model RR devoted to traction and possibly the Montreal And Southern Counties (M&SC) or The Quebec Railway Light & Power (QRL&P) and I am wondering if anyone knows of a manufacturer of decoders having sound/motor decoders or if anyone makes sound files available for trams. Are there any modelers who are modeling one of the above mentioned traction lines or any other for that matter. Thanks for any help my friends. From Emile up here in Quebec Canada.

Everyone’s doing it so I will give it a try to!

This blog or series of blogs as it may be, will be about my proto-freelance modeling of the Mississippi Central Railroad.

The first Mississippi Central was an antebellum line that ran North and South from Canton Miss to Grand Junction Tenn. passing through the towns of Grenada, Water Valley, Oxford and Holly Springs. It was merged into the Illinois Central around 1878. This is the line Engineer Casey Jones met his fate on in 1900.