curving a taper? magneto bucket.

[digger2307]

Hi all,

 

here is my dilemma, Ive been working on the magneto bucket from first class and its been a good little piece for practicing surfaces and other features. now the problem Ive come to is that towards the bottom of the helmet the ends start to flute (I do believe thats the right term). Now I have used the flex tool to taper out the bottom half but I'm not getting the desired effect, and was wondering is there a way to flute the solid model or curve taper the bottom. See ref images above.

 

thanks

[JD Mather]

I would loft from beginning rather than trying to "flex" or "bend" the part after creation.