I cut a hole in the wall... now what?

[TrainNut]

It's going good. I filled in all the foam holes with WJC and let it dry for a bit. Since the trackwork inside will be temporary, I've gone with Kato Unitrack. Once I get the rest of the layout far enough along, I'll pull up the Unitrack and continue it straight through on both sides to pop out in the living room. In the meantime, I've been working on laying the rest of the cork and finishing off the trackwork enough to get both loops of the mainline continuous so I can finally run some trains. I still need to trim the cork at the edge of the wall so that the Unitrack will match up and sit flat for the transition. I was hoping to leave the Unitrack/flex joint take-apart-able but the Unitrack rails are slightly smaller than the flex track I buy and so I will end up soldering those instead.

Left side, laying cork and getting ready to connect to the Unitrack.


Same view, a little closer. I need to find another building facade to disguise the giant opening a little better.


Right side, still have not connected the flex to the Unitrack but getting closer.


And an in your face shot of the opening... I still need to paint the inside black too.