. . . gotta rebuild a new one for an Eaglet 50.

Someone sat on the fuselage I was getting in the process of covering and boy did it get crushed, no way to rebuild it, so I will have to do another by scratch.

My question is: Instead of using the traditional preshaped fuselage sides, top & bottom can I build a new fuselage with ply 1/4" or 1/8" sq. sticks, with ply sheeting where necessary (ply block of course for the firewall & formers)? I do not have the equipment (lathe, tablesaw, etc.) to form the fuselage parts as shown on the plans.

As long as the shape of the fuselage is the same as the plans does it really matter what the parts are? Will the changing of parts effect the flying of the plane?

Or would it be cheaper to see if the manufacturer has the replacement parts?

I still have the wing and the control surfaces (tail-feathers) are already covered.

Would it be cheaper to build the fuselage as explained or to see if the manufacturer has the parts?