Thanks everyone, I really appreciate your kind words.  Jim was also the man I Always Wanted To Be; I guess if there is a life after this one I'll give him a stern talking-to! 

The last thing he worked on was HBO's "Jack and the Beanstalk" - he landed the gig after his work on "10th Kingdom", with Rutger Hauer.  I met Rutger later  in the course of my day job - he was so cool, and had some nice things to say about Jim - if you ever get the opportunity to speak to Rutger, I suggest you take it - he really is how he seems on camera, a genuine legend, aand he really could pass as a Replicant.

Jim was preparing to work on the movie version of "Red Dwarf" when he died - he'd done the TV version for years.

Like I said, I'm reminded of my brother every other day.  Sometimes it sucks, but sometimes it's glorious, like here where people appreciate his work and sometimes even remember him personally (Monkeycloud, take a bow!).  Rik Mayall takes the medal there, though - he asked my other brother, on a transatlantic flight, why he was going to the UK.  They were floored when they realised they were going to the same funeral, on the same plane; Jim was the SFX man on the Young Ones, Bottom and most of the Comic Strip films.  Memories, eh?  Apologies for name-dropping - it's just how life with my brother worked out.

My self-build system - Vista 64 on a Kingston 240GB SSD, Asus P5Q Pro MB, Quad 6600 CPU, 8 Gb Geil Black Dragon Ram, CoolerMaster HAF932 full tower chassis, EVGA Geforce GTX 750Ti Superclocked 2 Gb, Coolermaster V8 CPU aircooler, Enermax 600W Modular PSU, 240Gb SSD, 2Tb HDD storage, 28" LCD monitor, and more red LEDs than a grown man really needs.....I built it in 2008 and can't afford a new one, yet.....!

My Software - Poser Pro 2012, Photoshop, Bryce 6 and Borderlands......"Catch a  r--i---d-----e-----!"