How to Attach Buildings to Layout? - Model Railroader Magazine

Hi!

My "just torn down" HO layout had structures affixed in various ways, but most were put in place freely with some minor ground cover around the base.

I had a couple of major exceptions, the biggest being a kitbashed double long two bay engine house.  It is reinforced inside and fairly stable, but needed to be securely held in place to allow locos free entry thru the rather close door openings.

As I had a hot glue gun handy, I marked out the perimeter and spotted some hot glue (quickly) at various points and put the engine house (again quickly) in place.  It worked beautifully, and that was in 1994.  Last month when I cleared off the structures, it took more time to get this one off (safely) than most of the others put together.  Using a couple of new Xacto blades (# 5 and chisel point), I finally broke the seal - without messing up the structure.

Would I use hot glue on the new layout?  Yes, but ONLY if it was absolutely necessary and I felt the structure would be around for years to come.

Mobilman44