Hi Neil,

re:
> This method looks much better than the patchwork.

Well we'll probably arrive at some patch-by-patch filling in yet when coming inwards from the rounded tips.

But if helps if you can use as few surfaces as possible with extended areas that are trimmed rather than building every surface directly to some initial curve framework.

The other thing that's good about having a smaller number of surfaces is you can adjust the shape easier like with the steps above you can tweak the loft profile curves to control some subtle curving. When things are diced up into smaller pieces being filled in it becomes difficult to make a broad shape adjustment.

- Michael