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Progress! More work on the Fury after a lovely week's holiday in Monmouthshire! I've finished cutting all the nose panels except the bottom one using the Silhouette cutter, makes life so much easier! These pics show the forward nose band being applied, quite a complex curve so lots of pressure and burnishing required, but results are OK: Some points that I've learned about using Bare Metal foil: a) it's quite robust so can take a bit of "mishandling" b) despite its inherent stickiness, it can be moved slightly before final smoothing and burnishing c) it can be cut perfectly on a Silhouette cutter using a Force setting of 2 d) it comes off easily if you don't get it right the first time and need to re-apply a newly cut panel BUT e) every time you peel one off, it leaves a slight sticky residue which prevents b) above to a degree f) it goes down well, I've used a combination of different size and profile cotton buds as my main tools but for real burnishing of creased parts the handles of a small pair of scissors works Might even do some painting soon.....there's quite a bit of touching up to do as well as all the markings! So looking forward to getting that top wing permanently on, I can't count the number of times I've bashed the interplane struts...it's amazing they are still there.

Awesome progress, Max! Kev