Gluing plastic buildings down on foam track base?

You can buy clear silicon in a squeeze tube, not only holds well but you can also peel it off you need to.

I have dozens of trackside and street-side buildings.  None are attached by any glue to the styrofoam or foam surfaces.

Reason: you will need to move those structures sooner than later.  

I can’t recommend any glue for this reason. 😏

If the buildings don’t have a base and are pretty much hollow. I agree with Seth as to not gluing down the building. I would carve out a thin piece of foam that fits snuggly inside the building and glue that to the foam. Then just set the building onto that. If you decide at some point to replace it or move it it’s a simple process with a rasp to shave it back down.

Quick Grip by Beacon sold at Walmart will do what you are looking for. You will find it in the craft section.

Manny

You could glue, with a drop of Elmer white wood glue, four small 1/2 inch square blocks of wood to the foam, one in each inside corner of each building to hold them in place and be removable.

Or you could use small pieces of double sided tape from Walmart's.

I am with others in not gluing them down as you may want to remove them to change lights or change location in the future.

Charlie

Thanks Guys!

I need to glue down the buildings, though not super strongly, because I when I am working on things on the layout up close, I have a tendency to knock buildings over by lightly brushing them, and since mine are going to be full of wire work and connections, this could cause other problems.

I like the idea of cutting a piece of foam to fit into the bottom, but then I would have issues of punching wire holes in those and in the bedding and wood below.

I think therefore, I'll try using just a few drops of Quick Grip.  The reason that I mount my buildings on foam is so that I can, if needed, pull them up off of the foam, hopefully tearing off a little bit of foam and not the wall of the building. :-)

Mannyrock

Great thread !!!

Thank you to all posters !!’

CB&Q Bill

Good old Goo would be my go to adhesive for this application.

What about tack? Another possibility would be a hot glue gun.  If you can find a lower temp version for kids, I would go with that to avoid melting the plastic.

I'm big on rubber cement for gluing figures and other things to keep them in place, but not permanently.