Lots of good advice about making curved raised panels by hand snipped...

Yes....., but has anyone mentioned making the curved profile and groove in the
rail (by hand) yet?
The majority of your planes (with typical fences) will work o.k. on convex
curves, but aren't worth squat for concave edges (unless  you're trying to
joint away the curve ;)

The groove for the panel might not be too bad;  start by marking a shallow
groove with a scratch stock (mounted in a dowel?) or a beader, and carefully
make it deeper with a chisel?  But what about the cove (or more complicated
profile) on the rail?  Seems like you either use compass planes, or do it by
hand with gouges. Do all you guys own coach-maker's planes, or am I missing
something obvious.

How about some creative solutions from Galoots who've been there and done it?

Somehow I doubt that curved rails were made casually in the old days, unless
the shop had some specialized tools.

Cheers,
Don Berry

PS sorry if this was indeed already covered in this thread... I've been trying
to stay current with stuff on the list, but may have skipped /deleted some
posts prematurely.