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Since I work in a factory and can't take my work home with me, this stay at home time has given me the time to tackle things like trying my hand at re-creating a missing faux finish on the front panel of my 37-600 using toners. This was the set I got at the WARCI meet March 15, possibly the last radio club swap meet that will be held for some time yet. Outside of missing the fact that the half inch wide woodgrain edge went around the sides too and not just on top and bottom, I think I got a reasonable facsimile. Here's what I started with:

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And this is what I wound up with:

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You did a really fine job. Looks great to me. Icon_thumbup Icon_thumbup
Nice! you must have done this before.
I had to look at mine to make sure the strips going
left to right has a different grain and lighter
color between them.