.. and maybe check out "Cassandra Elk" links on google.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=cassandra+elk


He's a British musician / 'eccentric' luthier who's been based in Germany a very long time.
I can't remember his name right now,
but he's an interesting and helpful bloke to email regarding guitar to mando thingie conversions.

..and something of an inspiration for my attempts at giving new life to knackered cheap guitars.

I personaly prefere 3/4 scale electric guitar conversions,
but can adapt to playing GDAE chords on a full length Fender scale neck
if the right 'too good to just chuck away' project presents itself for useful modification.

Tough practical point, it's easier to play if you recut the nut to concentrate the strings closer together
in the middle of the fingerboard by losing the 2 conventional outer string / nut slots..