Thanks for the kind words. @Mc-deli, yes, I did start to use a pin-vice on the first batch but found that I was removing too many hands and so resorted to snipping away with a sharp pair of scissors. It was successful for the most part, but after doing three hundred of them there were a few where my motivation flagged. Thankfully at 15mm it is not really overly noticeable, although it does stick out when blown up to this extent.