it just seems a shame that all that work ends up hidden 
Shurely you can solder the Resistors/Caps/Diodes to the Back. You might even put the chips to the back, just bend the legs 180°…
If you do so ill make you a case with extra 10mm to the Bottom 
I was thinking that Frank , but thinking with my track record , I want to make this Polivoks without any errors , then I’ll get tricky 