That's that.

The Gun Kote Flat Black actually turned out to be pretty close to whatever finish Rock Island uses on their slides.  I decided that the machining on the grips looked to good to cover, so I left them bare aluminum.  I'm not super pleased with the finish on the frame though, so I will likely repaint it.  It will do for now.  As I said last time, all that's left is to put the slide on.  It goes on like any other 1911 slide.  The only other thing I did was put in an EGW shock buffer on the recoil guide to keep the steel slide from smacking the aluminum frame.

Who likes beauty shots?