Yankee Jack

I have been using Copydex for gluing down the foam roadbed, then gluing down the track, then (thinned considerably) for setting the ballast. THEN, for cutting out a section of track/roadbed/ballast to install new points for a revised passing track. After cutting through the rails with my Dremel, and quick slice through the ballast and roadbed with a knife, I simply worked a 1" metal spatula underneath it all, and it came right off, fairly cleanly. A bit of Copydex remained on the poplar substrate with bits of foam, all of which came off with a bit of elbow grease with the spatula, and I was ready to proceed. I have also been able to lift track from the foam roadbed for alignment revisions with the spatula. I use four basic forms of adhesives: 1.) Plastic cements for plastic elements of kits (doesn't work with resin) 2.) Superglues - rarely - in various consistencies for things that HAVE to stick in final position, for example: the adjusting nuts on my helix - when I KNOW I'm good. 3.) PVA for any open material, like plywood, timbers, and static grass installations, even right up to edge of the ballast line. Structural work is done with screws plus PVA. 4.) Copydex for sound control, the ability to edit, just about everything else. I have successfully used it to attach the Woodland Scenic 2% risers to the poplar ply decking (baseboard)