@Sonic,
Thanks for the encouragement. Thanks also for the tip about taping the edges, I would never have thought of that. And cutting through the edges was a major concern.

When you say give it time to harden before cutting back, how long are we talking? Its been just over a week but I was thinking about 2 weeks? With my nose right up against it I can just smell the paint.

Thanks mate

@Dikkybee,
Good call on the straight edge, its a better solution than mine. But either way we both saved the best part of $100 by not buying a special Luthiers Tool, but we get the same results.

Cheers
rob