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I haven't used their products but I am using the technique of 2-part plastic foam reinforced with Fiberglas screen on bubblewrap to form hills and mountains on my new layout with good success. The results are great and covers large areas with rough contour surfaces quickly. Attached to the foam board base, it forms a lightweight, rigid structure. Have rough supports of foam risers or crumpled newspaper prepared before mixing your plastic as you do not have much time to fiddle as it cures fast. The technique is easy to do after a little practice on small pieces. You can purchase the same 2-part plastic for far less from a number of plastic suppliers that sell direct to retail customers. If you're building a large layout, it pays to do a little online shopping. Look around for recycled bubble wrap and screening. It isn't carvable like plaster but applying castings to it is easy. I paint the surface with a dark latex paint and apply sifted real dirt. My rock cuts are made with DAP Lightweight Spackling troweled into crumpled foil molds and applied while wet to the plastic "hardshell." I needed to keep weight down on a large but rigid moveable sections and this method certainly does it. A 2'-8 x 7'-3" weighs in at under 15 lbs, including a lighweight wood frame. Wayne
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