... great success... it's relatively cheap compared to say cork sheet and gives a perfectly smooth surface for the ties. And it's very easy to work with a razorblade. so from top to bottom: rail->sleepers->Templot paper plots->foamboard->plywood. The Micro Engineering rail spikes are longer than the ties are deep so there needs to be something between the ties and the plywood. They won't go into the plywood. This is where the foamboard excels. Best regards, Rick Attachment: attach_2429_3021_IMG_0555.JPG 362 Last edited on 9 May 2017 15:18 by Rick posted: 9 May 2017 17:56 from: Nigel Brown Thought it looked like foamboard. Never occurred to me to try that. I'll bear it in mind. Does it have any sound-deadening properties? I like quiet layouts. My current layout uses MDF, which I thought might deaden sound, but it acts like a drum posted: 15 May 2017 04:34 from: Rick Nigel Brown wrote: Thought it looked like foamboard. Never ...