Man!!! I just stubled on this thread from your sig at KLOV. What a fantastic resto job and documentation. I read every post and really enjoyed it. I love how it starts off...."I'm taking a minimalist approach to this resto" or something similar. It seemed an all out resto to me. One thing I was glad to see....and another I'll be awaiting updates on:
The masking up to your art and the painting: I'm currently restoring a Quantum and am doing something similar. The cab had some strange bumpiness along the edges of the sides...almost all the way around. It was like very slight water damage, but all the way around all edges of the particle board. I almost thought it might have been stored somewhere very humid and absorbed moisture. Anyway, it was very slight but bothered me enought that I sanded all of the edges to flatten the bumps. I'm trying to preserve the art of course, and am going to mask around it, and just spray the white. And like you, I did some touch up to my Star Wars side art, but mostly left the small dings. That specific art is one of the most forgiving, as any small ding looks like all of the other stars and dots on the art.
The monitor replacement: I have all of the amp set-up that I need, but my tube has a small burn hole. I've also got one of the extremely well packed amp tubes from Canada. I've read enough about converging to be frightened...so I'll be keeping an eye on your progress before diving in myself.
Anyway, I digressed a bit... I really appreciate this thread. Excellent job on the Star Wars.