Thank you so much for posting a build diary. I have the same kit as you and I've just started to get to grips with it. I particularly like what you've done with the headstock, so I plan on copying that. But before I get there, I think I've got a bigger problem to start out.

Doing a trial assembly, I think that I have some significant bridge location problems:
a) The front and back holes aren't the right spacing for the supplied bridge; more significantly
b) To get the cavity for the bridge pickup is too far back to get the saddles in the right place for the scale length; and
c) The holes don't seem to set the bridge perpendicular to the strings (obvious from join in the veneer)
d) The bridge assembly gets nowhere close to the pickguard (tho this may be feature rather than a bug)

You mentioned bridge location problems at the start - how did you resolve them in the end? I think I might need a router to open out the bridge cavity.

Thanks