Shaping my final first skin.

The following steps were taken by myself to reach my final first skin:

I used the curving machine ti get the right arc in the piece and then secured it to my model using under tension wire

I used a thin nosed hammer to mend the metal into the groves at the bottom of this image

i applied this even smaller hammer with soft consistent force to the inside of the shaped groves

At this stage it was starting to take shape

Using the English wheel to smooth out the surface

Gentle hammering the surface  of the skin over the laser cut model, an attempt to get a more precise skin shape

Using both a file and steel wool to even and smooth out the surface