Crawls Backward (When Alarmed)

Getting close to the end of the saga on the little Gretsch soprano ukulele.  The gluing-down of the fingerboard extension went very well.

The joins are only visible from about a foot away.  And the width of the fret slot looks good.

I have this slow-setting black epoxy I'm going to use to fill the joints in the fingerboard.  From what I read, this works pretty well.  We shall see.

In addition to the joints that need to be filled, I'm also going to fill these dings in the fretboard as well.

These were caused by some doofus not being careful when clamping the neck into a vise.  I wonder who that could have been?

I was sick when I saw these.  And guess what?  There's a matching set on the back of the neck!  Oh joy.

The joints and divots are now filled.  After the epoxy dries, I'll scrape off the excess and hopefully level the fill(s).  Note that I wrote "hopefully."

And I need to figure out what to do with the divots on the back of the neck as well.