@Hp289 posted:So it will cut down connections at all the 12" lengths by using the 37" lengths. But then there's all the bending you have to get right, and I see me screwing that ALL up. Maybe not, but it seems like so much more work to get up and running. Still seems odd to me.
Truthfully, after you do a few sections of Gargraves Flex, you'll get the hang of it. I was pretty new to flex track when I started my current layout, I'd done sectional track every time previously, all the way from the O27 days. By the time the first hundred feet of track was down, I felt like an old hand, it's really not that hard. The bonus is that you can do so much more with the "flexibility" of flex track. 
There are tons of tutorials around on laying flex track as well.
My only caution is, buy new track if you're going to use flex, especially if it's your first time. While you can use old(er) Gargraves flex, it's not as easy to work with, the ties dry up and it's much harder to get the spacing right. I actually bought a few lengths of used track (I got it cheap), and tinkered around with it for a few hours. It was a good exercise, once I got the new track, I found out how easy it was to work with.
If you do flex, I recommend this 6" Cut-Off Saw from Harbor Freight for chopping it, it really made it easy to get nice even cuts.
