I’ve made some progress.
Went for a blue spray paint, about 5 coats, then about the same of clear.
I left the ash body unfilled on purpose, hoping the grain would show through. It has done that, but also some of the edges took the paint a little funny and don’t look neat. However I think overall it’s come out nice.
Taught myself to solder today to get it all wired up. Everything works ok but I have some issues:
1. Some strange earthing issues. Touching the pickup selector or the volume pot causes lots of noise...
2. The volume control works backwards to normal. Not sure how I managed that!
Still need to shield the cavities, cause it seems noisy at the moment. And waiting for my neck finish to arrive to get that done.