I'm a crummy photographer ... If lock panels are all you're looking at then you're not seeing the rest of it, right?
Photography is not as easy as Mark Elliot makes it look. There's a lot going on to get the lighting right with these awkward objects with which we are so obsessed. This time of year it's much easier to get an overcast day--and that helps quite a bit, muted natural light.
No, we see'd the rest of it as best we could, then we chose two things to comment on publicly. Seems quite civil to me (and was requested IIRC). It can be quite difficult to learn/discuss without feedback. I took my first build back to the guru twice to have him yell at me about leaving too much wood. Finally got it kinda close.
Yes I've seen originals with chunky cheeks too. Those aren't the ones i like as much.
As to
PB status i see no box or nose cap. Is there an entry pipe or no? One lock pin?
