Bill,
The photos are looking real good. Thanks for posting them.
That stock should come up very well. It looks very similar to the ones Geoff Slee does.
I built a mild custom 602 in .458 Win Mag about 20 years ago, and used a Slee stock which was bought straight off the pantograph.
It turned out quite well after it was all cleaned up, but I later realized that I'd left it a bit too thick (clubby) at the hand.
Your project will be of interest to many of us here, so yes, please keep us up to date.