After about half a dozen coats of Danish oil all over, and a few more on the headstock, this is what we have.
Next came shielding the control cavities in the body - I'd already done the back of the scratch plate, whilst I was waiting for the neck to arrive. Since I'd used up the entire roll of tape bought from Pit Bull on the back of the scratch plate, I found the cheapest source was a garden shop; slug tape, normally used to go round flower pots to keep slugs and snails off your prized blooms, but hopefully it'll work here. It's a bit more fiddly than the stuff from Pit Bull, as it is thinner and more prone to splitting at awkward corners, but it seems to do the job.
Then on with the scratch plate - Yes, I had tested that it made sound and all the controls worked before putting it! I discovered that this had to go on next, as there wasn't room to manoeuvre it in once the neck was in place. Maybe if I'd routed out the cavities a bit, it would give the option of getting the neck and the scratch plate with electronics on or off, independently of each other. Something to think about for next time.
Finally, on with the neck, which thankfully all lined up again, and tuners onto that.
Next time, stringing up and all the set-up to do.