At this stage of the Rufe tip-float build being finished, it was time to complete the struts. I started at the strut base by cementing the actual outline of the strut "cuffs", ( 4 duplicate halves of 1/64th ply ) to the ply upright stub at the top of the floats. Four pieces of balsa block were rough-shaped and fitted in place and sanded until I reached the oval shaped outline. 1/8th ply extensions were epoxied above the base stub and balsa side pieces, reinforced by 1/64th ply on the inside ( with a space to allow the wire strut to be sandwiched in ) were also epoxied in. A template was made of the strut cross-section and this outline was transferred to the tops of the cuffs and the ends of the strut "sandwich" and everything was evenly sanded to all specified outlines, guaranteeing uniform symmetry