Not quite there yet man, I could kill it yet. Hahaha but hopefully not, cheers Ben:-)
So I went and saw my sign writer buddy down the road and got a vinyl stencil made up for the neck plate. Stuck her on and gave it a little blast with the sandblaster. Came up a treat. It got my brain ticking and I reckon you could blast some really elaborate designs using this technique. Something to think about for future builds anyway.