I was cleaning up a few more frames today, and up until now I had been clamping the two identical halves together and then using a belt sander to fair them off. Works fine, but a little slow. Then I remembered I had acquired from my late grandfathers tool collection a "Circular" plane. This great little plane has a flexible base plate that by means of an adjusting screw can form a convex or concave base. Following the curves is a simple as putting the plane on the surface, and then eyeballing it while you adjust it.
The only problem I had was that the way I had cut the parts meant that I was planing with the grain on one piece and against on the other, but as long as I took it gently it wasn't a problem. I was mostly just taking high spots off, so I would change directions depending on which piece I was taking the high spot off.
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