... in fact soft balsa may actually be easier and much cleaner in forming a slight unevenness. It certainly looks much better in the flesh especially without a paper skin I may in some areas outside the tracks form cobbled areas this could be formed from clay. Balsa also keeps the weight down and the area to be worked is not too large, I have one more turnout to build and have some thin cork, just for experiment sake I might give it a try posted: 4 May 2020 10:00 from: Graham Idle 13_040452_310000000.jpg Hayfield wrote: Trevor Walling wrote: Hello, Would a set of wheels with suitably enlarged flange depths and widths make using a clay or other soft infill easier to accomplish a desired outcome with less work? Regards Trevor. Trevor Thanks for the idea, certainly I don't want wet messy plaster all over the place, using part dried clay or similar rolled to a thin strip then shaped might work, but as I am going for a plain cement type finish this may be the answer certainly in and around the tracks, ...