Thanks for all the welcomes guys, much appreciated.
Now I've had a chance to play with my new scroll saw the real versatility of this amazing tool is becoming apparent. I've done a few things now and am ready to show my "beginners" attempts. Quite pleased with the results but had a few frights along the way with jumping work, snapping blades etc but starting to get used to the many foibles of this beast. Also had a play at producing my own patterns after watching a course on using GIMP to produce portrait patterns. Might publish those as well. I still cannot get over the generosity of people with patterns, videos, lessons and help where needed. It makes a pleasant change from the cut throat world of business which I was used to. Ah well, back to the workshop