Just a small piece of advice Ian- if you are new to a forum and you want the members there to help you it would serve you well to listen to the advice of staff, when Brian suggested you introduce yourself it was a friendly gesture and meant to be inclusive, now I hope your response wasn't meant to be but it did appear to be rude. I hope you see what I mean.
Good luck with the competition my friend. Have you considered using an action figure?? Could be kinda funny.