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As wise Haddock keeps telling me - before starting on any part of a model you MUST :-Think - think again - then think some more - then plan - then think about your plan - make any changes - then think again about your new plan - only then do some work with tools and plastic.So I did all the above before making the exhaust pipe for the boat. Drilled out the end of the plastic before bending it to shape,made and fitted the brackets to the pipe in the correct place, making sure they all touched the deck and drilled out the hole in the deck so it would be strong. Glued the pipe onto the hole in the deck and glued the 3 brackets to the deck - sat back with a big smile and thought job well done. Then I realized I had painted the pipe and brackets deck grey but forgotten to make the pipe rust coloured. So now have had to paint the pipe in place with all the problems that has caused instead of BEFORE it was fitted to the boat. What will Haddock say next meeting