Trainman440 Hi, I was just working with hot glue the other day and thought: Hey, couldn't the annoying thing string be used as rope/spider webs on a layout? Has anyone ever tried this before? Charles
Hi,
I was just working with hot glue the other day and thought: Hey, couldn't the annoying thing string be used as rope/spider webs on a layout?
Has anyone ever tried this before?
Charles
I just use liquid nails....no strings attached!! Also it doesnt melt any foam. That having been said, I dont think liquid nails works for cardboard scenery supports.
Those strings are just annoying! I read that you let go of the glue gun trigger before pulling the glue away to prevent the strings. That does work for me. Pulling away with the gun creates the glue strings, so pushing the glue a bit into the object prevents the strings from forming (for me at least).
Good one, Ed. Yea, I don't need to model cobwebs, as I spend a couple of sessions cleaning up, during the late fall, after a long summer. The first train I run through my long hidden track, the loco is draped with them.
Mike
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This could easily turn into a "Show Me Your Layout's Web Site" thread!
I can brush away the webs easily. It is the little, tan "droppings" that are a nuisance to clean up!
Regards, Ed
When was at the stage of hot gluing my cardboard sub-scenery, the little strings from hot glue was the bain of my life. I honestly couldn't think of any use for them other than get them out of the way.
Rio Grande. The Action Road - Focus 1977-1983
I have a hard enough time keeping prototype spider webs off my layout.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
I've used them to create fishing line, on a couple of figures I have of fisherman, standing in a river. The picture I took, the line doesn't show up very well, but up close, in person, it's easy to see.
Mike.
The closest thing I can think of similar to what you mention is back in the day when modelers were looking for plugs to close off the holes in car roofs they would heat a piece of sprue and slightly pull it to make a taper. Perfect way to get the diameter of rod you needed.
Scale spider webs? Wow, that's detail oriented!
I notice under the tip of my glue gun are little "plops"... Scale cow pies?
Have Fun! Ed
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