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Wow. Impressive, and very quick progress! She's going to be a stunner! Ian

I will use my standard 0.06mm monofilament. I still haven't worked out how I will get the lines for the wing and tail warping attached to the main actuating line, but I have a few possibilities lined up. I don't think it will be feasible to use a flat plate as per the original but maybe I can loop the actuator line around the others and tie it off. We'll see - I don't want a big knot, but I may have no option! Ian

My Fairey Battle has sellotape landing light covers. No issues after over 3 years. Ian

Due to a total lack of mojo I decided to pull this out again and take another look at getting the parts I need printed. I made some improvements to the cylinders (added the rings around the barrels) and header tank (reduced the size of the feed tubes and reshaped them) and reprinted those, along with the tail and its redesigned printing braces, and the steering wheel. It looked promising at the first try, but one of the supports on the tail failed so I lost some of the extension bar on one side., and I noticed that the indents for the induction/exhaust are not deep enough on no. 1 cylinder so those were deepened. Here's what I got the first time. Supports were adjusted and they are all now printing again. Hopefully the second try will yield useable parts! Thanks for looking in, Ian

Unfortunately mojo is still lacking on this one as it seems that every time I pick it up, something goes wrong! I've had a couple of wires pull out from the centre section, one of which is impossible to refit so will have to stay off. The other has been refitted and I am now at the stage where I can trim up the cabane rigging and start on the wing bays. Very slowly, we are getting back to some bench time.... Thanks for looking in! Ian

Your usual high standard is evident once again. Lovely little model taking shape here! Ian

Well worth the effort, she's looking great! Ian

So I'm not the only one who does stupid things like that? Almost a relief to know! At least the wing wasn't attached when you hit it! Lovely progress on the rest though! Ian

I've not had any issues with either my Mars 2 or Mars 4 Ultra. Except those of my own doing, of course! Ian

There are plenty of excellent "how to" videos on you tube. I'd rather use those, to be honest! Ian

It depends on how you plan to design it. If you want design half then mirror it, align the drawings with the axis you will be using for the mirror! In other words, if you have a front view drawing, I would have the centre of the drawing aligned with the axis so you can mirror around the existing axis. Ian

That's about what I'd guessed you'd be doing. I was just surprised you hadn't painted the upper fin at the same time as the yellow stripe. Ian

Interesting method of rigging. I drill and thread but have never looped it back. I may give that a try! Ian

Lovely paintwork, Alan. Is the tail logo going to be one of the decals? Ian

I love these pre-war cars. This looks like an interesting project and I'm sure you'll work your usual magic on it! Ian