Picked up some Bombay Mahogany stain in the Wal-Mart discount bin and this is how it turned out after a light sanding. The 2 center cutouts are balsa and the inner rib is an oversized matchstick cut to size.
Now if only BSA could release some brown colored wheels, then I could call it Mr. Hankey/images/boards/smilies/biggrin.gif