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Old 09-06-2013, 10:48 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Here's how Howard Hughes did it:


and some sample cross sections they used:


Use the Luan to make an egg-crate form for 1/2 your compound curve shape, stretch burlap over it and cover with paiper mache (corrugated cardboard into the blender); then disassemble the egg-crate and reassemble it for the other half.

Consider PolyMetal. Thin aluminum skins with a core of recycled thermoplastic. It's probably no more expensive than marine plywood.

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