Hello folks, never really posted here but thought I'd share the current progress on my little 9x2.5 N scale layout I've been working on over the last year.  

The layout is almost entirely urban with most buildings scratch-built.

My most recent task has been striping the streets and generally getting that sort of work done.

Hello all. A move to a new house is finally happening in July. And with that a full basement. Plenty of room to build my 12 by 16 layout.

I have plenty of Atlas #6 turnouts and flex track, but I'm thinking I would eventually like to move to ME #6's. Buying 1 or 2 at a time and swapping them out. But I have heard that ME6's are actually close to 5.5, so a direct swap might not work, without having to re-lay connecting track.

So I am wondering if anyone else did the same thing and can tell me how doable it is. What sort of problems did you run into, if any.

I am doing some track planning, at this point I'm just layout out the benchwork edges. I have a protrusion to deal with. It's a solid concrete post, probably rebar reinforced, load bearing, and definitely not modifiable. Don't even think about cutting into it. I need to narrow the layout width at the point that it squeezes past this protrusion, and I want the layout wide enough for a pair of parallel tracks. 

Getting close to ballast and glue rest of track...I have had opinions on Elmer's white glue 3 to 1 w water, and I have heard modpodge matte 1 to 3 ...to those of you that have tried both, Which is quieter???? or am I over thinking it??