Yesterday I managed to get all the background and fascia supports shortened and daubed with anonymous black paint as well as much of myself and a 'helpful' 8 year old!

And reinstated on the layout. I think the following pic should show how it has ended up. They have now been lowered so that the backdrop is only 18 inches and brought back so the front is level with the front of the board. This has actually made a huge difference to the stability of the whole contraption.

I then cut various bits of black Corex (the plastic that estate agents signs and the like are made of), strong enough, light enough easy enough to cut and cheap enough!) Then got out the velcro. I need to get a lot more of this to do the job properly though.

Meanwhile, I had fitted a length of LED light strip to one of the front pieces

And then we had this;

Only got one strip in so far but really pleased with the result. The next strip will be easy as there are wire attached to both ends of the 5m role I bought, what will be interesting though will be trying to solder wires onto the remaining cut off portions so I can use them. Not sure at the moment if this is possible or if I will have to buy another, shorter, length.

Incidentally, the back drop is back at the printers who very kindly agreed to lop six inches off the bottom of it for me and re hem it. As long as this works I should manage to avoid the cost of a Mk2 version.