Well, it's not the same case though.
The top and bottom are much thinner, and 'flex' a lot.
IF you want that functionality, it will work, but not quite the same.
If you just want the 'look', paint a couple of thin vertical lines 25mm in from each edge, glue-or-screw a 'blind' hinge along the bottom edge, along with some countersunk screws which only LOOK like they're serving a purpose, and use thumbscrews in the top two screw holes!
-I did the 'thumbscrews' bit with one unit here on my bench right now...
The Bloo case was custom made (for Steve, when he was in the LA-2a replica business) because nobody else makes such a case. The bottom unit was a 'rescue' of somebody else's DIY which never got finished... If the knobs had been drilled in the 'correct' locations, I'd have made the unit look even MORE like an original, but picture it with two 'fake' separation lines, and a 'blind' hinge... by the time it's in the rack, you'd never look twice at it! :thumb:
Oh... and that meter has been fixed (thanks noulou!!! :thumb
but -once again- imagine that panel with the controls in the correct place, and with a 'correct-looking' bezel-mount meter...
FWIW, I have several genuine LA-2a's here, and one remaining Bloo unit. -In operation in the rack, I never have any need to flip down the front panel, and for on-the-bench service it doesn't matter all THAT much if you hinge the front down or lift the lid... although the front panels DO tend to get scratched up easily on the flip-front models, so I have to use a soft cloth on the bench.
Keith