[rfeenstra]

Yes, the photo looks better than the real thing. it has been sanded through in a couple of places and a piece was broken off and re-glued. And the panels are delaminating from the radio. So I'll have to do regluing anyway. With a little heat, I've already removed the panels since they were half off. I will try my hand at making new and veneering. I think it will be an interesting project. If it turns out lousy, I can always replace the original pieces. I have a piece of .8 mm ply that I used on my airplane. I'll use that as the backing for the veneer, use a shape following router to shape the pieces just like the original. I'll look at some cherry to see if I like it. The burled walnut I've looked at is a little too "figured".