v8torino, How about an update on the project even though the thread is a bit old? I just love these Star Trip cocktail pins. I just got mine out of a 4 year storage a few days ago and it fired right up! I have the main board made by Jim at Echo Lake also as when I bought mine it had no main board at all. His boards are great. It even kept the hi-score memory after 4 years and it doesn't use any batteries!
I do have a quick question though. It the photo you posted showing the General Illumination it looks like you are using LEDs. I'm looking at doing my Star Trip fully with LEDs and would like to know what you used. Brand, type, color etc. With only 50 LED's to do the entire playfield (GI and inserts) it's not too expensive so I want to do them all.
Any info you can provide would be a great help and I look forward to an update and more pics!
Thanks!