Originally Posted by sinclair:
I have seen Eric's video on the Flexxbed, see photos of both here on the forums, and have worked with cork in N gauge in the past. Here is my 2 bits, take it or leave it. Flexxbed seems like a choice if you will be ballasting your track to cover it up. I personally will be using cork because I like the look of it under Atlas track and will not be ballasting since I'm going for a more toy look over all for the layout.
why do you have to use ballast to cover it up?