@jamesbisset it’s looking awesome! A proper jazz box and love the headstock detail.

Thanks @tv101! A slow and steady process by hand. 
I think having z-poxy as a sealer helped stabilise the top and heeled the crispness of the line.

That’s a *very* nice, crisp, line there, looks very good.

I was going to suggest some decent nails, but your approach seems to have worked just as well!
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Getting there Jim, getting there …

And twenty-four hours later: