I really admire your perseverance regarding the decals/actuator/painting. I think what you've done looks very good indeed.
BTW, I tried Techmod decals not too long ago and they broke up in the bowl of water. I believe you were fortunate using them (assuming you did not follow Wurger's advise).
Thanks all. Aside from 1 or 2 minor touch-ups. this is done. Except for the changes I made this was a very nice model and would have no hesitation building the other variants. I'll post the final shots a little later...