Advice needed for an old double-six

Hello

This is may first post on this forum.
I live in Bucharest, Romania.

I am just good with tools, not a luthier, not even an amateur one.

I have an old double-six manufactured in my country 25 years ago.

It has a solid spruce top and laminated maple back and sides.

After I bought it in the '80s, I modified the bridge and instaled a sort of adjustable saddle that I made.

Now, after it sited under my brother bed for last 6 or 7 years, I decided to restore to its original condition.

I took off the remainings of the old bridge and I am waiting for a new one purchased from ebay.

The guitar has an unusual bracing pattern on the top: o big brace between pin holes and the soundhole and 5 radial thin braces runing from this one to the end of the guitar like in a classic guitar.

There is no bridge plate.

The top is sunken between the radial braces and near the sides of the fingerboard.

I kept it in a soft case with a home made soundhole humidyfier for a month or more with some pieces inside to keep the top level.. There is some improvement but I don't think that will be more.

I need advice regarding this top problem, how can I level it?

And, do you think that is good too glue a bridge plate?

Thank you and sorry for this long post.

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