Spray adhesive is unforgiving.
Once the glued surfaces touch, there is no repositioning. To avoid gluing mistakes, use the dry-fit method to position the artwork on the mounting mate- rial. Place short pieces of tape in the bottom margin as a hinge to keep the artwork and substrate in alignment for gluing. Note the dry-fit technique is also used for splicing photos into one finished picture. Wear a respirator mask and
provide good ventilation when spraying the adhesive. Spread some newspapers to protect the garage floor from overspray. The taped-hinged
artwork/backing
pair is opened, book style, and placed on a smaller sheet of news- paper in the center of the stack of papers. With good airflow into the garage and the mask on, spray the adhesive. [Move cars, trucks, bi- cycles, and so forth out of the ga- rage beforehand. Be sure to keep the spray well away from open
Panorama I was unable to find a location for a clear shot of the entire side of the building for this flat. The camera’s “panoramic assist” mode was used to align and take two pho- tos to record the com- plete elevation. The two were spliced in the word processor and printed as one image file.
flames, such as a water heater.] Let the glue air dry for one
minute. With a rolling motion, starting from the hinge, press the glued surfaces together. Re- peat the gluing process, with a new small sheet of newspaper, for each flat. A spot of Goo Gone on a tissue and some light rubbing will remove fresh glue overspray from visual surfaces. Tip: Goo Gone is also an excellent solvent to re- move excess glue from fingers. The background flat is now
ready for final trimming. A heavy-duty utility knife with a break-off blade is the tool to use. Buy the knife that has a metal blade guide. The guide stabilizes the blade to lessen chances for wandering during cutting. The guide also backs up the blade for higher workloads. Have various metal rulers on hand to guide the knife. Use a series of shallow cuts, and break off the tip of the blade frequently to keep the edge sharp.
Installation Test the building flats at vari-
ous locations along the back- ground. Record or mark the most pleasing arrangement. Model railroads evolve and
change. Keep your options open for future recycling. Assume the perspective that this installation could be temporary. The flats are lightweight; minimal adhesion will hold them upright. A pair or two of adhesive-backed hook-and- loop squares per flat will do the job. Alternatively, photo mount- ing gum is an excellent choice. Two Navy bean-sized balls of this adhesive will firmly affix each flat and yet allow for later removal. Photography and model rail-
roading are made for each other. Not to be overlooked is the see-it- now potential of digital process- ing as a top-drawer partner in the modeler’s toolbox.
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