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Vekke
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Round shapes are easy to make without any tool if you know how to make fiberglass parts.24 hour human powered distance record attempt

For nose like that I would build that about 15" "roundish" cross section from styfoam etc. After that attach some nose cone shape like this bowl with some wood sticks to get proper length 24".

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After that strecth some fabric over it and put the bowl towards ground and laminate it with resin. Let it dry and then laminate more glasfiber layer over it. That fabric should be something that can soak lots of resin in it. After its cured you can remove the inside bowl and brackets and make some reinforcements with styrofoam ribs etc...

To get it smooth then just add polyester padding and lots of sanding.

Thats how I would do it without any tool.
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