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I thought that some of you may be interested in what I have used as cork underlay on the layout that I recently started. I bought from Wickes for £7.55 a packet of nine cork floor tiles 1/8th inch thick. They are 1 foot or 305mm square. I cut them into strips 38mm wide and so got eight strips from each tile. This gives me 72ft of underlay at a bargain price I think.
I found that on my 3ft radius curves it was best to divide each strip in half and lay these separately as it was difficult to get the full width strip to bend to that radius. Some may not like the idea of using such short strips, but I found it easy to lay a foot at a time. Glueing it down while accurately placing it to the pencil line on the baseboard was pretty simple with such short lengths. I used peco's long, very fine pins, pushed in only half way, to hold it down while the glue set. These are then easy to remove later.
I found that on my 3ft radius curves it was best to divide each strip in half and lay these separately as it was difficult to get the full width strip to bend to that radius. Some may not like the idea of using such short strips, but I found it easy to lay a foot at a time. Glueing it down while accurately placing it to the pencil line on the baseboard was pretty simple with such short lengths. I used peco's long, very fine pins, pushed in only half way, to hold it down while the glue set. These are then easy to remove later.
