Building the hull, part II: Stern

Stern, before glueing After some course and fast sanding with the band sander and lots of precision filing by hand the stern parts fit like a glove, and were ready for final processing.

Stern, being glued I first thought it would be easiest to glue the two parts together at the same time, but it prooved to be too much slipping and sliding. Since there is no right angle it was difficult to hold the parts in place with tools, and I ended up fixing the stuff with my hands for 15mins. After that, the glue was hard enough to dry on its own.

My fears that glueing the parts together in two separate sessions would result in a less than optimal fit turned out to be unfounded.