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Not sure if I haven't been doing it all wrong all along, but what I've been doing is using bulletin-board cork to mount structures on that are to be trackside. I cut a piece of cork sheet into a shape will but-up against the roadbed and has plenty of room for the parking lot, loading area, landscaping around the building, etc., glue it down with Elmer's, then paint it brown with at least three coats of latex paint. I also tack it down where necessary because it will bubble-up here and there but usually not too bad if you put a book down on it. I then just glue the structure to the cork and, at least in N-scale, the cork brings the buildings up to approx. the right height for the box car doors. I then use scenery material, plaster, ballast rock for gravel, or whatever to blend the cork surface into the landscaping with diluted white glue and some dish detergent to eliminate the surface tension of the water and prevent beading.
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