A quick update to show you what I have been doing.

1. cut the hole for the “resonator” – a kitchen sieve
2. added wooden supports under the hole
3. using that wood I cut out out a circle as a cover for the original sound hole
4. glued on a block of wood in the pick up area
5. used a router to cut the slit for the pick up – due to the neck I had to build some rails as a guide for the router; but of course I couldn’t get the depth I needed so I got out my trusty chisel
   
6. drilled 2 40mm holes for the smalles sound holes
7. sanded her down
8. used liquid wood to fill out various holes etc.
9. did some more sanding
10. masked the fretboard and the holes
11. hung her up in the garage and started spraying away with matt black acrylic paint
12. repeated it about 5-6 times
13. cleaned and oiled the fingerboard

Here are some piccies: