So I figured it was about time I started on my build diary for my GR-1SF kit. Motivated by some questions I need to ask, thought I would show how much I've done so far (not a lot at this stage!).

The plan is to do a green body (more on this later on), finished with clear Dingotone, and the neck in Bloodwood DT, which should give it a nice vintage yellow look.

The kit arrived on the 23rd August 2016, almost a year ago. Here's some shots of the inventory (even though you've probably seen it all before, eh):

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and:

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and:

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Here's a shot of attempting to test-fit the neck. This was as far as it would go and I didn't want to force it. For the time being I left it, but I tried again a few days later and managed to get it in (more shots later on).

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Continued in next post....