I've been working on the tongue box lid in the basement, and started to apply the wood strips that came off the molds. There is some spring back to the wood. In addition to glue, I've used screws to attach the strips to the lid. These will be covered by trim strips.
The curve in the wood is pretty good, but depending on the piece, it matches up with the shape of the lid pretty nice. However, in order to get it flush, I need to clamp each piece from the bottom.
Considering that I need to steam each piece and keep it on the mold for a week, it takes a while to make any progress. One day to glue to the top, and another day to clamp and glue the front.
You can see about how much spring back the wood has when it's off the mold. I used expandable glue for the front to ensure that it seeped into all the crevasses. There is excess glue that will be removed, and the gaps between the strips will have brown caulk.
You can see from this pic the the strip has been pulled flush to the lid bottom.
I'll be able to start the edge pieces by this weekend. Perfect winter project in the basement. The lid is heavy, but one idea that I have is to hollow out the lid after its been fiberglassed and expoxied.