> It has electrical wiring which doesn't *show*, and which almost certainly won't melt down all the wires and start a small fire when I try it out next week. (It did last week, but now I'm about 99% sure I know what I did wrong...)

Nope, it did it again. Darn. If anyone still remembers way back when I said the character in Sluggy Freelance I most resemble is Riff, well, now you know why.

Brunnen-"on the bright side, the engine started first time and ran really well, right up until all the wiring melted into flaming toxic glop!"G