@stephen Welcome to the forum. I’m going to swim against the tide and say that building kits is harder than starting with blank pieces of wood and templates. Seriously though kits, particularly acoustic ones, tend to have all the parts…   Read more»

Just got think link from a friend who is an industrial chemist 
 
https://www.northwestguitars.co.uk/g-shield-emi-shielding-paint-125ml/

@boo
Thanks again it’s good to get tips from someone who has done it.

@boo Thanks for the info very useful. The scaffold plank I have has bad warping across its width so I’m planning to cut it down the middle and join the outside edges together. I will need to add something for…   Read more»

@ boo Thanks I found the other Barncaster builds ok. I looked at the photos first and was really impressed that you had made a skunk stripe neck, then read that you had bought it on eBay ! Is soft…   Read more»

@boo
Ive been asked to make something similar from an old scaffold plank and am not sure how to start, so I will watch yours first and see how it goes.