A METHOD OF PRODUCING A COMPRESSION MOLDED, CONTOURED COMPOSITE STRUCTURE WITH AN EPOXIDE RESIN MATRIX HAVING DISPERSED THEREIN A PLURALITY OF DISCONTINUOUS, REINFORCING, INORGANIC FIBERS SUBSTANTIALLY IN PARALLEL ARRANGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER. A CONTOURED MOLD SURFACE IS COVERED WITH AN ELONGATED, FORMED BODY OF B STAGED EPOXIDE RESIN HAVING SAID FIBERS INCLUDED THEREIN, LENGTHWISE AND IN PARALLEL, ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE BODY. THE BODY IS POSITIONED ON SAID SURFACE SO AS

TO OBTAIN MAXIMUM PARALLEL DISPOSITION OF THE FIBERS, WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, THROUGHOUT THE AREA, AND THE ASSEMBLY IS COMPRESSION MOLDED.