Well, after some scraping, sanding and swearing (lots of swearing) the first veneering attempt has been removed. Might need to have some Turkey 101 on hand for the next attempt.
On a positive, have shaped and glued the veneer to the HS. Used the tape and super glue trick to stick the veneer to the caul I made and sanded it to shape, carefully, then used a putty knife to separate the pieces. Then used painters tape to mark the position for it on the HS, thought that if I used pencil to mark the outline it could be a problem to get rid of the marks after the veneer is on. Seemed to work well. Will look a bit strange if I don't get the body done as well.
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Question for DB; can I use titebond liquid hide glue (brown bottle) in place of fish glue?
I can get that locally but the only fish glue I've found is from stewmac and the postage is more than the product. Do you know of an Aus supplier I could contact?
Cheers

Grant