Stock fairings?

[lukeoftheaura]

How do you make fairings in stock KSP?

Like the ones in KW rocket mod?

[Pecan]

You don't; that's why KW, Prodcedural Fairings and other mods ADD them.

If you really want to make something that looks like fairings without mods the usual way is to use lots of structural panels. This adds mass, cost and lag-inducing part-count and it is important to know that in stock KSP there is no aerodynamic benefit to putting things inside fairings. If you are using an aerodynamic mod (eg; FAR, NEAR) there is a benefit but it is probably outweighed by the mass of all those panels. Summary: if you want fairings, get a mod that provides them.

[Specialist290]

To expand a little on what Pecan has said: You may want to take a look at the Open-Source Construction Techniques for Craft Aesthetics thread and do a Control-F search for "fairing." I'm convinced that some of those guys over in the Spacecraft Exchange are actually wizards, what with all the clever tricks they find for things like this in the stock game.