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I have used accoustical ceiling tile layers alternating with thin styrofoam (beadboard) to model mountains. Liquid nails for the adhesive. I built up alternate layers representing sandstone, hard (tile) and soft (beadboard) layers. I did this in Z-scale, but in retrospect, the layers alternated too regularly. In N or HO, thinner strata layers in proportion to size of the track will allow you to varry layer thickness more easily. Also, if you can see 1:1 rock strata, one or both or 2 things is happening: (1) the layers are exposed above the ground surface at an angle, anywhere from 5° to 45°, or (2) the layers have been incised by artificial rock cut or natural water cut or canyon. Natural cuts are best represented by crumbling away the rough layer edge with your finger tips. Tile looks like sandstone or slate/shale. The beadboard, if crumbled away, looks like conglomerate after a sealing with thinned Liquid Nails. Paul
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