Well here’s a tale, we’ll get a back to  2mm wagons and locos soon, there’s a video in hand, but yesterday I was preparing to give a new16mm scale loco a coat of paint when I managed to drop the airbrush needle, in fact it slipped out of the mechanism when I tilted it. The thing is that usually this would be ok, the carpet is soft, the needle big enough to easily find. Not today. Being outdoors, the needle went down between the cracks in the decking. Oh how we laughed, oh how we cried.... Right said Fred, we’ll have to take that plank up, screws are worn and it may take some time. Many screws were undone and two planks lifted before the needle was found, replacing the planks again was easy. Reassemble the now clean airbrush and... but where’s the spring????  Not under the decking, I was fairly sure of that, I resolved to find a replacement, but after several attempts and no real progress, the moment had passed and other matters required attention. Clearing up dolefully, I gave one last look around where I had been the day before, and there it was! Pristine and innocent looking, just laying there waiting to be found. Of course the suns gone in for a few days now, so that job will have to wait. I will not pause to preach about care and understanding your workplace, I never seem to learn, but I hope this may help others, if only to raise a wry smile....