Another paint & prep day

Well, it's MLK day, so a lot of my stuff is in postal limbo. No worries. I did a little work on the dome, first boring out the holes on the MDF ring a little so I could fit it more accurately to the dome ring (I'm not one to pitch products, generally, but I gotta admit that el cheapo file set I got a while back ahs been paying for itself like crazy on this project). I may just glue them down, actually, in the end. But right now I'm just using the bolts that come up through the rockler into the dome ring and up into the MDF rings. I need to get some nuts and wingnuts to do the proper spacing, but no rush.

After that, I formally decommissioned the last sad little plastic carton of egg nog in the fridge (protip: egg nog should not go "clunk") and cut a couple of covers for the front and rear PSIs:

(actually the Royal Engineers of Naboo were very big on old milk bottles and scotch tape.)

Anyhow, after that I broke out the XTC-3D and laid it to the front and rear coin returns, as well as the front and rear logic displays. After they dried, I sanded them down and gave 'em a does of paint:

I swear, I through a lot of Rustoleum, but when it comes to metal-look paint, Valspar's silver beats the crap out of everything.

Anyway, with any luck the holoprojectors will show up tomorrow. Maybe some bits from China, the other LEDs at the very least. SO I'll be able to get those all nice and prepped, and maybe have them ready in time for Thursday night. If not, then that will be an ideal opportunity to take care of them. What the hey.