Well, how surprised should I be that no prompt response has been forthcoming from the poster? Here's my original (withheld) comment, prepared right before what

Well, how surprised should I be that no prompt response has been forthcoming from the poster? Here's my original (withheld) comment, prepared right before what I posted above: I'm sure no expert but I've been known to solder a carbon-film resistor or two hundred, and compared them under laboratory conditions to other kinds of resistors. IMHO with real deep knowledge of resistors, more to the point could be said with fewer extraneous words. And the content overall would be more sensible and meaningful. Either way "delicacy" is not a feature, not positive nor negative, just not remotely related. And the most "colorful" effect that would be widely recognized is the multicolored banding of the components to identify their value according to the standard resistor color codes. The circuit board looks colorful regardless of whether it is operational. Seems "almost" like the author has no first-hand knowledge nor a native language. Abecedarian or not.