Quote Originally Posted by pablo NZ View Post
Do I need to do anything to protect this pencil-shaded resistor? I'm worried that if I rub something against it whilst moving stuff around my case it might alter the resistance.

And should I be putting a little heatsink on the voltage regulator or anything?
A little clear fingernail polish will seal and protect the pencil mod, and on a side note an egg will remove the blood stain from the beating you will no doubt get buying nail polish.. best part of it is it can be removed later when you sell it.