Update,
So the wire cutter worked well and all my bits are still attached and where they should be - although I nearly forgot and tried to take a bit of foam off the hot wire a couple of times....
So after the shaping of the foam, it was time to add the Balsa edging to the base....
Everything stuck as advertised and I then went to work after allowing the base to sit overnight with the sharp new blade to trim down the Balsa....
It was then time to take the bull by the horns and open the pot of 'Foam Putty' from Woodland Scenics - first job was to get the top of, after a few minutes struggle it was out with the flat blade screwdriver and lever it off, top flew away and I expected to get covered - but no, there it was sitting in the pot just like Angel Delight.... So armed with a spoon, I scooped out spoons of the material and worked it around the base, I then followed up with a dry sponge tapping the foam and adding a texture finish... Last job was to add the track marks and put the base away to dry out fully overnight... I will be using this material again (still have half a pot left) instead of tons of plaster based material.
So, back to the Doher - I made up two brackets to hold the periscope when not in use, but as they do not use the periscope but a computer the brackets are left empty.
A little blurred but at 8mm tall....
I have also started to install all of the tie downs, sorry for the picture quality, I tried....
More later.
Mike.