I was just looking at that same thing yesterday, I am just now cutting strips and placed one along the end form just to see how flexible the strips would be, I think Nick said in his book to take that thin saw and split the strips for a short distance which would give them more flexibility, hope this helps, later, rmd
: I'm currently building a Guillemot. I've got about 5 strips including the
: shear on the hull (both sides). The strips are fair and flow relatively
: well along the forms until they reach the end forms. I'm having to torque
: the strips before the end forms to get them to attach to the bevel
: correctly. Basically I put a staple in the last form on the strongback
: before the end forms then I have to torque the strip to hit the bevel
: correctly which in turn pulls out the staple I put in. I was very
: meticulous drawing up the forms, but it seems like the strips are getting
: more and more difficult to attach to the end forms. Any suggestions would
: be helpful.

: Delaney