I hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas. I didnt receive anything related to model engineering, but one of my sons did treat me to this: http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=35664 A digital multimeter that measures voltage, current, resistance, capacitance, inductance, frequency, temperature and much more. About the only thing it doesnt do is make the coffee! All I have used it for today was to prove that it is darn cold! Alan MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.