Not sure if you meant the wood side panels are an intentional reference to the Deluge, but if so you may want to know that wood side panels are a common design touch for desktop synths, hearkening back to some of the first compact consumer synths (like the Roland SH-1000), which also had wood side panels.
yeah i even had walnut ones made for my 100m because i didn't like the fake veneer
and the akai timbre wolf, which comes with real simulated wood grain sides
The delly is in an incredible piece of kit, especially now with the community firmware!