Using Floral Foam with Jerry Macri
Jerry MacriDescription
Jerry describes the floral foam as coming in 3 foot by 1 foot sheets and goes on to demonstrate how easy it is to insert trees so they are secured into the scenes. To install the foam on the layout, he uses a large sharp exacto knife to easily cut the pieces he needs, a mallet to buff out any sharp edges, screws with washers, and glue with a finger to smooth it into crevices.
The glue he uses is Power Grab construction adhesive. It is non-toxic, has little odor, and locks the foam in place well so that he doesn’t have to wait from the glue to dry. Jerry goes on to demonstrate how to use structolite, a form of plaster that has little pieces of styrofoam in it. For more tree making techniques or more Allen Keller videos, visit the Model Railroad Academy archives.
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