: Hi David,
: The 16 or so concave strips ,8 each side, can be bent permenantly
: using a paint stripper gun to heat the inside of the strip as
: you gently bend it.This allows the thermoplastic Lignin [wood]
: to be compressed.Lignin wont stretch when heated so no point in
: heating the outside curve of the strip.Once you have busted a
: few the rest come fairly easily.The correct temperature is
: acompanied by a specific smell which you get to recognise.
: Another, definately more fidly, way is to laminate half thickness
: strips.I guess the idea is if you can get past building the
: stern the rest is easy....
: cheers from Paul NZ.

o.k. so basically, the answer is very, very carerfully, one piece at a time? I was kind of thinking it might be something like that.

Thanks.