There's not much to say about filling in the bow of the launch. All I had to do was glue some wood in place and carve it to shape - model boaters have done this for years.
Getting the right wood needed a bit of experimentation - the first choice, basswood, was too hard to carve in block form. Balsa worked very well.
To shape it I first shopped the block with a saw to get a rough shape. The wood was then stuck in place. Once dry, the first shaping came from a surform which quickly removed big chunks of wood. Then a coarse sandpaper and finally a polish with the fine stuff. With lots of guides from the 3 fixed sides this was a whole lot easier than I'd expected it to be.
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