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There are always debates on the correct color and correct gloss level of these old radios but the problem with lacquer is that it is an open coating which is why water will seep though the lacquer and leave rings in the wood below. Most of the newer coatings like polyurethane and others when exposed to air the binders and resins actually cross link and seal the surface. That being said when the old radios and lacquer if they were exposed to cigarette smoke the nicotine would leach into the lacquer and give it a darker look and in those days the lacquer typically used nitrocellulose resin and it would naturally yellow out and get darker also. I think the color scheme you went with looks good, definitely a gigantic improvement over the original condition that you found it in. On my 640 that I just picked up with a chairside I will follow Ron's and Brian's 650 scheme and will post some pictures after it is restored.