A few conversations to report on, first I called Carbone-pl this morning and spoke to Wojtek, which resulted in the invoice for my duplicate VIN stickers appearing in my inbox at once - duly paid, I'm looking forward to seeing the quality of these. For $30/each I thought it was well worth a go.
Secondly, I had a good conversation with Barry at Multi-tech.
He expanded a little on why he'd judged the first finish that they achieved to not be up to his standards - and that it was necessary to wait a little while for the volatiles in the paint to out-gas before going again else we'd just be storing up problems which might ultimately lead to the car needing to be taken back to bare metal to get a finish that he was happy with.
This display of perfectionism makes me happy that I picked the right place for the paint, which is also going to include painting the (clear) indicator lenses on the (later) Litronic headlamp units to match the amber side-indicators.
Barry noted that my wheel arch liner was cracked so I've asked him to replace it, along with the windscreen seal and the window seals (the latter were squeaking as the flock has worn off, which was driving me nuts).
Paintwork is scheduled to be finished mid-March, then the car goes over to the upholsterers, I'd anticipate getting the car back toward the end of March now, just before I fly to Australia for work.
I need to check the MOT expiry, but the timing may mean that I drive from Multitech straight to Precision to get a further 12 months ticket, we shall see.