Simplistic mosFET HV Shunt Regs

The leds must light up, nothing must poof, and the voltage across R3 should be ~279V for ~5mA through the leds, in case of success. You did not tell me if you have no continuity between Mosfet tabs and sinks. Your sinks touch and its dangerous if there is a leak there.
 
Also there is some weird grey thing between your MJE transistor and a sink in your photos, what is that? Clean that area. MJE's back should not touch anything around it.

Removed and soldered a new one, see attached pic, it's OK?
 

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