Got home from work to find a delivery awaiting me. Hurrah!!!
Even better news was that our postie had totally ignored the HMRC label on the package and didn't bother collecting the VAT that was due. Quite how they can justify £8 to collect just over £3 in VAT is beyond me.
Anyway, I ripped open the packaging to see what it was. And low and behold it was the repro Lion Plastic that i'd ordered from Jeff over at Classic Arcades.
A few minutes later and i'd removed the protective film and swapped out the temporary one i'd made. The new one from Jeff is using PETG and it is much more robust than my effort. The artwork was a perfect match to the original and the colours also match up perfectly, whereas mine were out a little.
Hopefully the combination of the coil mod and the felt padding will mean that these plastics will have a bit more longevity to them now.
Here's a little video of the new Lion after installation.
As far as the back box goes the next job is to look at patching up the damage to Rockys nose. A common problem here is that the screw supporting the hat trick arm comes into contact with the backglass and leaves a nasty hole in the paintwork. This has happened to mine so I need to look at colour matching a suitable paint to do a touchup. I'll probably look at sourcing a piece of scrap glass that I can paint onto to see how it matches once dry as trying to colour match paints is usually a PITA (at least in my experience).
Comments or suggestions as to what kind of paint to use would be appreciated.