I thought the material was cut to size and then stitched vertically to form a cylinder. This is then stretched over the tank and held in place top and bottom by the aluminium strips ( available from Mike Field ) ?? No glue required !
Peter.

Around 20 years ago John Hartshorne gave me a big roll of what I believe was Rexine, and it had come from Tom Ward. Enough for dozens of tanks, but when I checked it, it was all stuck together and couldn’t be unrolled, so very sadly it had to go in the bin. There was also what he said was Tom’s last tin of cylinder enamel, obviously very old, so I casually remarked that “I bet it has gone solid after all these years”. John grabbed a screwdriver and started to lever the lid off, when there was quite a loud bang, and a red explosion ! John, his bench, shed window and ceiling, were covered in it, and it looked like the aftermath of a chainsaw massacre. Fortunately I was standing behind John and missed all but a couple of spots on my face. His wife Elsie, and my wife, another Elsie, came running to investigate the bang and all the bad language, and all the blood red paint gave them quite a fright. Happy days !

Midland Railway Red. It is no coincidence that Tom Ward’s place was just down the road from the Midland Railway workshops… 😉 Tom used to work for Alfred Scott, and when he left his service AAS wrote him a letter of reference for a future employer. I have that reference somewhere and must find it, perhaps to go into Yowl.