Here is a shot of the boom/bucket assembly for the excavator all assembled and ready for the base bracket and lower cylinders.
And a shot of it painted. The yellow is actually from rattle cans of Cat paint, they sell it for touchup and repairs, covers amazingly well for a yellow paint. This is one coat. The black is Duplicolor ceramic engine enamel.
Underneath the boom you can see the little die-cast model that I am scaling up from. Next parts are the steel plates that form the framework that the base of the boom attach to, rough cut plates are in the lower left of the photo.