Firstly Nigel - I hope you'll get the deal you want - no doubt you've earned it and even though we don't see eye to ey on many things, I wish you the very best with your aviation ventures.
PS: Having dealt with several aircraft owners recently about "part share", syndicates, call it what you wish. I am sure you have taken the correct legal steps to distance yourself from everyone else in the syndicate, should (God forbid) something untoward happen from an insurance perspective. Without due dilligence many a syndicate member has dragged down the whole syndicate in a court case where a substantial claim is proven.