05-18-2015, 06:05 PM
After I got the cork laid out I proceed to paint the cork and the top of the layout.
![[Image: Madras%2B11.jpg]](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9NCqU6UCJvM/VVp0iy33MDI/AAAAAAAAByE/ax7uxRsz0Y4/s1600/Madras%2B11.jpg)
![[Image: Madras%2B12.jpg]](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnGh5yfeE1Y/VVp0mkn8_bI/AAAAAAAAByU/ER4ShMUC6BU/s1600/Madras%2B12.jpg)
Once the paint dried I started laying out the main track, which is ME code 83 and figuring out how the crossover was going to fit in. I also cut and secured some of the CVMW tie strips along the track going to H.S. Michaels.
![[Image: Madras%2B13.jpg]](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G0dDTMVQrJo/VVp7Y4YZlyI/AAAAAAAABys/I6XN7CJQAko/s1600/Madras%2B13.jpg)
Once the paint dried I started laying out the main track, which is ME code 83 and figuring out how the crossover was going to fit in. I also cut and secured some of the CVMW tie strips along the track going to H.S. Michaels.