J_Roth:
Yes we like Jim Carter, those of us that haven't had problems with them. I have found most vendors to be easy to deal with. Do a search here on the Bolt for specific vendors for each application.
Sounds like an interesting project you have there.
Check out,
http://cards.webshots. This is a great place to post pictures of your work/progress on the 46 so that we can follow your work and help us better answer your questions.