Mountains using "gulapata" or "sona stone"

Garden Railroading
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Hi everyone, constucting a mountain and was wondering if anyone had any luck using either of these two types of mountain building techniques. If you know where to buy the ingredients or how to put it all together,it would be greatly appreciated.

thanks in advance

-railroader21

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A good article on mountain building was in the Garden Railways, but I can’t remember which issue it was in. - Peter

Edit: It is the February 2010 issue.

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Railroader,

If you are a registered user of this site (and since you posted here, that means you already are), you can download an article with the “recipe” here.

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Here’s what I did (you’ll find a link to a PDF here - with 60 some odd pics and specific how-to on building mountains):

http://sites.google.com/site/garden-railroad/Home/concrete-scenery

Materials are cheap, it’s easy to do, and the results are good:

Best,

TJ

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I built my mountain [w/MesaVerde], tunnel, and elevated tracks using a 50-50 mix of concrete and mortar mix over 1/4 in. wire mesh. The track roadbed is ladder conctruction with aluminum wire screen over it to hold ballast in place. The :Y: formed goes to the right into a 5-track covered siding.

JimC.

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Hi I am using a rough wooden form that I cover in chicken mesh then using a cement that has been coloured with cement die in a creamy mix .Having previously soaked in water , wash hemp sacking in the mix untill its loaded . Place the layers upon the mesh and allow partially to set in sheets 2ft by 1ft to build up strength . When partially set smooth more mixture on to form your shapes and textures and brush with various items like rough ends of wood , stiff hand brushes to make it all look natural . I use waterproofing agent in the cement mix to stop frost attacking my mountains and an installing a frost stat and greenhouse heaters in the mountains to help them through snowy winters ! I would post some pictures but am computer illiterate so do not know how that works

Brent Cambridge UK

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T.J.

Nice write up on that PDF file.

Mark

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Mark,

Nice write up on that PDF file.

Thanks! It was a lot of fun making my cliffs.

Best,

TJ