John, Thanks for posting the pictures. It clears up a lot of things. I was also looking for the conveyor belt in this scenario. After looking at the pictures, I wondered is there anything done for like airborne particle control (dust, hair, small bugs,etc). Although 99% of the Harbour Lights of mine look perfect and I am still in awe that these are hand painted and look wonderful, my LL Point Aux Barques has some kind of particle covering part of the lighthouse date. The particle was painted over so I only see part of the date on the lighthouse 18--. Not that I lose sleep at night about it..it kind of makes it unique.

I also noticed that there was only one male painter in the pictures.