To transfer the layout onto the baseboard the track plan was printed out full size on A3 paper. Then the paper was put on the baseboards and pierced through to mark the centre of each track. This had to be done several times as the cork covers up the first set of markings andso they have to made again on top of the cork.
Markings for roads and the canal could be transferred onto the baseboards at the same time.
Cork was laid where the track was g
