Thank you PrzemoL, Bob, Stephen, Zac and RAGIII for your kind comments. I solved the decal/cross problem, the cross underneath is hand painted and you can tell so I had to do the side ones with decals but I failed to print or mark the crosses on decal sheet. I even bought new permanent marker pens but they were not as permanent as their name suggests. I got around it by making a stencil and drawing the cross inside the hole. The cut out piece was used as a guide to cut thin strips of white decal to go around the black cross. Thin white decal does not come out as white, it is darker because the surface underneath shows thru. I have often in the past painted over the white bits but I feel on this one it appears too white and I am contemplating darkening it, does anyone agree?
The wind flaps are now on, one small mistake was to use cotton to tie them to the envelope because the surplus bits can be seen behind it and they will be tricky to take off, invisible thread or monofilament would have been better.
The only big job left is to make the display stand, once that is done and the balloon is on I can finish the rigging and do alot of tidying up around it.
Thanks for looking in, Alan.
