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One stone fits to the other …. 

After all these years continuing the build ..

Today , workin' a littlle bit on  some details ...

And now -- a little milestone- for me  -  arranging drivers cabin etc.  on the deck   -  it fits !!

cheers Steffen 

Boxes  " handcrafted"     an amount of 8 is enough -   more gets boring

Deck ist finshed , Dont look at the cutting mistakes

The surface  is finally only sanded and finished wit satin clear coat- I did not stain the deck -- "calc" effect looks not so bad i think

Hi popey - I'm happy to hear from you - after all these years  - hope you will enyoy your kit

greets Steffen

Today , started planking the deck

I want to use some black twine to put between the  planks -  for gaining some "calk" effect

hope it works ....

The best way to get a nice curve on the edges of the planks near bow and stern   is to  cut and taper before glueing !

Cheers Steffen 

Hi guys

roundabout   after  3  years , I'm back  to continue and hope I will finsih  the project in 2017 

Everything else  would be a pitty

  Merry christmas and happy new year  to all 

Hi popeye , Yes I started the log before the crash  and posted ia 2nd time , cheers  Steffen

your Norden looks great Steffen!   the  "Mary Ann"  pilot house was built the same way.  I wasn't happy though,  because the windows were too small......so I made another one with larger ones.   I 've built a few of these Billing Boats....instructions are not the greatest,  but the kit is pretty good.  I used to have the Mary Ann and the Cux 87 build here,  but they were lost in the crash.  these two were based on a full hull construction,  unlike your build which is a half hull design.......but the hulls are quite simular.   your build looks familiar.......did you start this one before the crash?  I never forget a build 

Detail view - Working on window frames ....

The painting of the cabin didn't work quite adequate for me

and I had to put some glue to the   left cabin edge  at a certain point after painting as well

I should have been waiting longer until the drying process has completely finished ,  because  this  made the paint to scrape off

Now  I take the the best of it --   looks like corrosion --  Vintage, eldered  

Cheers      

Cabin !

To avoid the problem  finding  the correct angle of the cabin front

I  used an easy  "helping construction "  - not included in the kit

@Alex -- thank you for the hint in your log  

After a break of six weeks , and spring will  still not really come  out - work on the Norden has made small progress

Deck - Buildings   and  Companion

Hi Alex

no break  after the finsihing the Norden ?

I hope you enjoy your new project

Working with generalized Instructions will effort your Creativity -

cheers Steffen

Hi Alex

Congratulations  to your build -- Your are a great sail-tailor  

She looks very very pretty -- nice details

cheers Steffen

For a correct water "line" more than a water "wave"   i used this simple construction ....

After sanding  the entire hull I began painting  , an of course I forgot  to fix the rubbing strakes before

Thank you Hakan for your offer  - I count on you

Working with painting last week -- taken pictures - but the board was down

Wanted to continue today but I thougt rebuilding the logs - asap is more  important - for the community and for the board

Now working with cabin etc.

Cheers Steffen

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cheers Steffen

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Now putting the halfs together 

Sometimes while struggling with the planking -- I thougt about a plastic Hull for the next time

But know I am happy  that I did it with wood !

Here  some detail views of the planked hull

The  solution was a "homegrown" stealer to fill the gap with