Few newbie questions

[Forfarian]

Welcome to the forum Dazzybee, lots of advice in the previous posts, all good.
Good luck with your project and may it bring many happy hours to your foster child.
This is a very friendly and knowledgeable forum, keep us updated with your progress and never be afraid to ask, we all had to start somewhere.

[Pierluk]

A short video of a Hornby R8217 trakmat layout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GK1bgNp0pU