did you use some sort of pattern to come up with the wooden guides?

I can see how you come up with the original plans for the fuse and what not but I guess it is just a lot more artistry than you realize. I guess if you could take a cross section of the fuselage you could get a trace of sorts and blow it up/down as needed to get an idea on those guides and then shape it. Just trying to figure it out because I can tell already that when you are done it should be impressive whereas if I were to give this a go I have a feeling it would be one crooked heli :P

I wish work was that way for me, even though it can get slow I think I might get frowned on if I broke out the modeling tools! You must be the boss