Jim:
I used 3/4" plywood for my sub-roadbed. Half-inch warps too
easily. I laid the 4' x 8' sheets on my benchwork and cut out sec-
tions of the butcher paper, positioned them on the plywood, and
punched holes through the paper and into the plywood along
the track center lines with an awl. When I removed the butcher
paper, all I had to do was connect the holes with a pencil and that
showed me exactly where to lay my tracks. I simply cut the right-
of-way out of the plywood with a jigsaw and fastened it to my
benchwork. I began laying track in 1981.
Gustav:
With such an extensive layout, how did you decide
where to start?
6: GN RS1 with an
eastbound freight
arriving in Eaton.
6
Jim Ferguson’s GN - 5
MRH-Oct 2013
