Thank you Giuseppe, Alexis and RAGIII for your kind comments.
I started work on the two wind flaps that hang from the rear sides of the Balloon. I made these mainly from paper so it can be shaped easily. Turnbuckles were made and super glued to a square piece of paper cut to size. A second piece of paper the same size as attached over the turnbuckles and will form the inside part of the flap, I used liberal amounts of PVA for this. Finally a third piece with 3mm shaved off each side was added to the outer sides with an unholy amount of PVA. While it was floppy with the PVA I clamped the top edge that attaches to the balloon between 2 rulers so it will dry dead straight and crinkled the rest to make it look like it is in the wind. They both turned out fine and as planned the turnbuckles only made an impression on the balloon side that will not be seen. When they were both bone dry they were painted with biege enamel and then various coats of acrylic biege, yellow ochre and chestnut brown with the darker two significantly thinned with floor cleaner. I have added the buckles the same way as the rest using thin strips of foil, one's done and the other I have left to do. This is still taking a fair amount of time despite now having more of that precious commodity. Combined, the 2 flaps have 80 turnbuckles which require 80 buckles which require 240 thin strips of foil cut and glued above the turnbuckles.
Alan.
