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STRUCTURE BUILDING - The Foamcore/Veneer method
An OnLine Clinic presented by HORAILROAD.COM
Overlay the wall and windows section using a thin film of Walthers Goo (contact cement) on the foam core and the back of the veneer.  This sequence of photos was taken on a concrete block building but the process is the same as the clapboard building we're building in the clinic. 
This picture also shows that we work our way around the building.  On the left you can see that I've done two walls on this "L" shape building and the third is being done.  

By working around the building we can focus on the exact fit of ONE corner. Once its alignment and fit are determined we can trim the excess off the opposite end. (remember we left those walls about 1/16" long?) With a perfect corner matched to the wall that is already on the building, I'm going to mark the opposite end a do a little trimming.

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For a cinder block building the wall overlaps the other by the thickness of the veneer.

   

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