Mchale, you sound like my mother :P
seriously though, I am trying to give the deathsticks up and have gone from 20 to 5 a day (that's a serious feat for a overworked English teacher!) It's unfortunate but I HATE gum with a passion so I'll have to find another source for coloured foil. Ron, thank you for your kind comments. I have been wanting to do this model for a long while and yes, I'm really enjoying it! Next one will hopefully be the TOS bridge (modified to show the NCC-1777).