18mm plywood has been suggested as a better option to plain wood.
Well the attached photo is a piece of 18mm ply I cut around 2.5 years ago as the partner to the baseboard end board fitted to my 0 gauge layout, I cut the end board and drilled locating holes just incase I ever decided to extend the layout.
After being in the same room as the layout since i purchased the timber, this puece has been in the same room as the layout. I think it's safe to say this piece of timber could only be useful if crating bananas.
I've had a very painful lesson buying any type of wood from B&Q, I had to scrape a base board with 100% scratch built track that had some complicated track laid on it, so I only buy wood of any type from a proper timber merchant, and I always leave any wood for at least 2 months before I use it.
I am now at the stage of asking others to supply me with baseboards such is my level of dispear with wood supplied to the public.
