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Jeff

 

This is a perfect....  perfect topic for me. This coming winter my big plan is placing about 300 plus people on my layout. That's not including many other props.

 

I have been buying and storing up for several years while working on my rebuild layout so I do have a bunch.

 

I been thinking about this issue for a while.

 

Keep the advice coming guys and gals.. It's appreciated.

 

Larry

Like Josef, I have used rubber cement generally with good results.  Sometimes, especially if the people are not well balanced, I crazy glue the feet to a piece of clear PETE plastic. Next time I order from Micro-Mark, I’ll add a bottle of that Detail Tack to the order…it sounds kind of like WS Hobby Tack, but it looks like the Micro-Mark bottle makes it easier / neater to apply.

I use a different approach.  I take a length of 1/32 brass rod and cut it into 3/4" lengths. I then use a pen vice with a 1/32" drill and drill a hole in the bottom of a figures leg 1/4" deep and after applying a dab of ACC to the pin I stick it in the foot.

 

At the spot I want to place the figure I drill a 1/32" hole and stick the figure in.

 

The advantages I find is that if I later decide to move the figure to another position all I have to do is pull it out of the hole. It also works well when I need to move the figure to work on the layout.

 

The only caution I suggest is that if you remove a figure and want to reinsert it You best immediately place a small round head pin into the hole or you wont find it again.

 

The above is based on the almost 2,000 figures I have placed on the layout.

 

Les Lewis

Last edited by OGR CEO-PUBLISHER
Originally Posted by bigdogjeff1:

how do you keep your people standing. I've had many of mine clued down and some of the smaller feet people always fall or do the limbo. Help me if you can.

Could start by enrolling them in AA,

 

But generally I use contact cement / Goo depending on the where and what sort of surface; done the wire in the foot method as well.  All good. 

I follow the same procedure as Lehigh74.  Glue the feet (I use a drop or two of Gorilla Super Glue) to a piece of clear PEET plastic that is cut slightly larger than the figures feet.  This procedure allows the figures to stand on their own and also allows you to move and relocate the figures around the layout without any tell tale holes, glue gunk or discoloration of the surface.

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