Filleting the Bow and Stern

In our instruction book it mentioned nothing about the copper wires when you filleted the bow and stern.  We decided to go ahead and epoxy between the wires, let it cure for 24 hours, remove the wires and then complete the filleting. 

Epoxy between the wires in the bow.

The completed stern fillet.

In our original Manuel, page 30, illustrates a picture of a frame being installed with epoxy.  This is not the right time to put in the frames, and I think the picture is there to illustrate the technique of smoothing the fillet.  It confused us.