Many thanks for the detailed description Michael, exactly what I was trying to do. I had found shell and tried to use it but somehow got too muddled with all the stuff floating around ;) Now my teddy is complete.

The project actually involves a more serious side to the teddy, it's an applicator tool, used to place small radioactive grains precisely onto the eye of a patient suffering from eye cancer (retinoblastoma). This project is one of my favorites, it really makes a difference to people in a bad situation.

Harri