It’s always good to polish off your metal parts before you use them. I used Silvo, a product that’s fairly common in Britain but I’m not certain about America. I rubbed it on and then buffed it away with a polishing cloth.

This photo shows the difference between a polished and an unpolished piece of diamond plate. As you can see, the difference it makes is well worth the effort.

I got the electrics working as well, and tested it with a tester PSU that I modified. I’ll need to actually do a proper mod so I can test these things properly, without twisting bits of wire around each other.¹ My dad came up with this idea to raise the lighting, so I suppose I’d better give him credit. This only proves that Lego is, in fact, the greatest achievement of mankind.

So I finished the diorama…

…and stuck on the glass with hot glue. It’s pretty rigid and strong, so I hope it holds. It should.

Then I loaded up the side panel. The good news is that the weight doesn’t appear to be an issue. The bad news is that there’s a tiny gap between the top of the panel and my own panel that I don’t particularly like. Well, it’s something to remember for next time at least.

Then I got to work on the right hand panel. I made an etching, and glued that on with the ‘put books on it’ method of glueing, tried and tested the world over. The other part of the plastic was slightly too large so it will need cut down in the morning. I’ve used a knife to score the area that needs to be removed.

And finally, I leave you with a preview of the front end.

I’m worried that the side panel will cover up my lovely insides, but meh. I tested out the rest of the lighting circuits today, they looks pretty cool.

Think it will come together nicely! I also plugged in one of my meters to the HDD line on my other box to see what happens. It’s a cool effect but the needle moves too fast. A capacitor would probably slow that down for a nice effect. Time will tell.

How long have you worked on this project for and how long do you think it will take from now to finish? Keep up the great work!

I’ve been working on this for maybe 6 months now, and I’m hoping to have it finished in the next couple of days. Today would be great but I’m not being optimistic after the “Thursday” incident of a few posts previous.