Brian wrote:
I hadn't realised that one of the prerequisites to do stitch and glue
was to be called Brian.

Scary, ain't it? ;-)

Thanks for the tips on bias cut tape. However the whole point was to see
if the 2" stuff I already have would be sufficient for the job.

The point of bringing up bias cut tape was that it would probably
prevent or at least reduce the tape failures you had in your test panels.

I hadn't realised that it was taboo to post pictures. I am still not
sure why but I will avoid it in future.

This is technically a text-only newsgroup, but there are times where
pics are worth the proverbial thousand words and you shouldn't have to
take any flack for posting an occasional photo when it's appropriate.