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Great to hear you've made some good progress. Regarding paint stripping and repainting, I can thoroughly recommend Armourtex, who are based in Hackney. Incredible job in about 3 days - really pleased with it, and saved me all the effort - I have stripped and repainted a bike before and would never bother again - many times better result done professionally!
Crankset: I've gone for Eightinch 165mm. Currently sitting in UK customs... Think a 107 BB will give me a 42mm chainline (haven't bought BB yet until I can work out what the chainline on the rear will be...).
Hub: Actually bought a Halo Aerorage wheel, but am waiting for it to arrive - there's been no stock in the UK for months. Was originally going to build this bike on the cheap (Halo on special from Wiggle was the cheapest option for going fixed) using components that I have lying around, but I kinda got carried away, so now everything is new except the quill stem, the old frame (which now looks new :-) and a saddle which is unused and came off my wife's mountain bike 12 years ago!