Trying to photograph any of the checking is bloomin' hard!
Here it is as a whole (ignore the colour as it's house lighting):
If you look really closely you can see some of the checking..
But.. under closer inspection..
Overall, I'm happy with it now, I think. Any more and it would be overkill and just wouldn't look genuine.
Lessons learned:
- Let the lacquer harden!
- Heat and cold. Heat and cold. Heat and cold. Rinse and repeat
- Patience!
- Black shoe polish makes great false dirt for cracks
- Mrs B doesn't like it when she can't fit the peas in the freezer..
Scratchplate screws next, and some electrics. Oh, and I ought to get some pickups really... anyone got a cheap P or J that might work with this?