Buildings

[Nine Elms]

This is a question from a new participant of OO modelling. Do you glue/fix buildings to the baseboard or do you just let them "float" and hope they do not move?

John.

PS. If you don't ask you will never know!

[brian1951]

I use double sided tape or velcro strips.

[Walkingthedog]

I glue something similar to a matchstick/cocktail stick etc. into the inside corners of a building, drill holes in the board to correspond to these then plug in the building.

[teedoubleudee]

I have a mixture of fixed and removable buildings. The very small ones like plate layer huts are glued down. The larger ones are just plonked down. In some case, like a group or row of buildings, these are glued down on a thin board and this just sits on the layout. In all cases electrics for lights etc are connected via a plug and socket so can be easily removed for repairs.

[bulleidboy]

My buildings are all "loose". They sometimes need moving to allow access to something close-by. If there well made and straight, they should sit in place with no problems.

[Nine Elms]

Thank you all your replies have been useful.

John

[dtb]

My buildings have been on the layout for 20 years, not fixed and certainly not moved either.

Why would they move anyway?

[Walkingthedog]

Things can get nudged out of position. The main ones I plugged into the board were the engine sheds. The track was a tight fit entering them so if they moved only a fraction the loco would hit the entrance.

[RogerB]

I could never get that right with my engine shed - I took the doors off in the end, and I could still manage to give it the occasional nudge. R-

[Walkingthedog]

Roger, just when you think you’ve got it right, disaster.