Thursday, May 23, 2019

And on the inside it's brick

The museum's inside wall surfaces are going to be covered with Superquick brick paper. I bought a package at a train show a few years ago and it has been just laying around in the parts box waiting for a project. Wait no more!

But before the gluing got underway, the plastic walls had embossed numbers and ejector dimples that had to the sanded off to smooth their surfaces. 
White glue was used and spread on the wall as uniformly as I could. A piece of brick paper was then applied. After drying, the arch was sliced out with a brand new knife blade. The brick paper is quite thin, which makes application and cutting openings easy.

There's a lot of walls and cutting ahead, so it could be awhile before this job is done.


2 comments:

  1. If you don’t have one, try picking up an ink roller (“breyer”, I think) from an art supply store. It will roll white glue as easily as ink and give you an thin, very even coat on the surface. Just remember to clean the glue off of it right away.

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    1. Thanks for the tip! I don't own one, and will try to drop by the art supply store on the weekend to find one.

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