Sooooo.....my 1100D is now a box of puzzle pieces
I stripped it down to first tackle the colour filter and with glue now drying I'll refit it over the sensor tomorrow.
Having it all apart and poking around a bit, the cold finger looks like it's going to be an interesting challenge of dexterity as there are a couple of nubs and screws that anchor the assembly to the main frame that will need to be navigated by the cold finger.
At this point, I've already scrubbed my original objective of making it all fit back in the original Canon case. Now I've looked at what else can be rationalised from the unit it hardly makes sense, and a small plastic box should suffice, with holes in the right places. I was actually thinking along the lines of a tupper-style container (in dark opaque of course) with a lid that could be peeled off to change desiccant, although I expect I'll go for whatever is cheap and whatever is available
