Here are some pics of where I got to this afternoon, assembling one of Dave's dual 445 kits.
Decided to not use Lasorbs as:
1) the 445 diodes are pretty hard to kill, and
2) I couldn't get them to fit nicely and close enough to the diodes to make the extra wiring worth it.
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Even without them, its quite a tight fit against the sides of the case. I think this is also made worse by the fact that I'm going to use lava's correction optics rather than prisms. This means that the diode carrier is more central on the baseplate than if I was using prisms, and so puts the rear of the lateral diode closer to the side of the lid.
The module is designed for a TEC, but as I'll only be running around 1.5W, it'll be passively cooled. I've just ordered a 5mm aluminium riser to go where the TEC would be under the diode carrier plate, and hopefully it'll be here next week so I can carry on. Lenses will be the o-like ones, although I think Dave is in the process of getting some 9mmx0.5 mounts for the 405-g2 lenses (which I believe is the preferred lense for knife edging with correction optics)
I've got a Flexmod P3 waiting to hook up, and it'll be driven off a 12V 10A switching supply (which will also do the case fans and a red if I can ever afford it).
All of this lot is going into one of the cases Simon P1tbull and Marc Insanity designed and built, with a ~1.2W 532 (probably a Vaisho) and some DT30's (when I can afford to make the order with Rob!)
For this build I'll be using mirror mounts to bring all the lasers to the correct height, rather than adjusting the modules in relation to the baseplate. This way I can have them all securely thermally coupled to the baseplate, and adjustment will be far easier.