Nick & Bryan,
Thanks, I will be looking at this closer on the Pup and, hopefully soon, my new details.
One more detail for comparison sake. I see an evolution in the leading edge nosing between the early Schneider (shown here on the center section) and, the Pup, not quite so fancily scalloped. (I have to go back and correct this on my wing model).
What did the Snipe and Tri-plane do here? On the Baby, this is fabric covered, yet thin ply skins were used elsewhere, why not ply skin the leading edge and, why so fancy on this piece of nosing?