here's some more shots of my progress.
here's the front panel with the door to cover the front USB/firewire/memory car reader/etc, I am keeping the wooden button, just took it off while I was working on the panel.
and here's a close up with the door open.
here's the drive bay filler panels, i'll also be doing a stealth mod to the DVD with one of these panels as the front.
and here's the top which I just finished glueing the drive brackets onto it.