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Up the Creek Column - 8
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24: The corner behind Canyon Creek. Note the cracks
near the ceiling between fillets and styrene, probably a
result of using stiff .060" styrene. You have to be looking
for the cracks to see them in person.
The seam between sty-
rene and the spackle
fillets developed small
cracks in this corner.
None of the other cor-
ners have this problem.
Paint the coved area with at least two coats of sky paint.
There are now six styrene coved corners on my layout. So far, only
the one made with .060" styrene has any cracking. They work very
well at making the corners in the backdrops less obvious in person
and the corners often vanish in a well-lit photograph.
I think the effort required is well worth the results.
Pictures continue on the
following 2 pages ...
25
25: The coved corner behind the Oakhill wye uses .040"
styrene. The tight, 3" radius coving at the end of the
track is effective at hiding the corner.
MRH-May 2013
