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Mate have you come to the right place for this kind of thing!This is a favourite subject of mine and there are many ways to go about this. I have used concrete blocks which manufacture myself with a jigstone kit, this looks terrific but it is very time consuming.Others in USA like to look toward old time mining or timber  logging style operations for inspiration. Mine is more pre WW2 central Europe though. Wit a bit of far east religeous stuff thrown in.However i must support Dave on this and use sculptured concrete, there is an entire magazine article on this subject and if you email me; i will send you a copy of said article. It was written by Jack Verducci who is an extremely sensible and practical professional installer of model railways.The idea is; you may or may not use bird mesh (chicken wire) possibly attached to outdoor plywood say about 9 mm and you daub it with what they call Glupatta or similar. I have adapted the formula for Queensland conditions and metrified it.30 parts mortar mix, 2 parts hydrated lime, 2 parts fireclay, 1 part portland cement and half to 1 part colouring and 17 parts water, depending on conditions, it needs to be a bit wetter here in Queensland though. You mix all the dry ingredients together except the colouring. You mix the colouring with the water then add the dry ingredient to the water. Do a few trial runs where it doesn't matter, as you may wish to change things. I am also now using second hand bricks to build things up as the 110 mm side is ideal size for "G" scale tracksIf you want photos get the article from me or possibly from Rene thats where i got it from.Rgds IanJ BrownKawana Island Tropical Railway.
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