It took longer than I thought it would. Buy finally all the hull panels are stitched up and all but the last one have epoxy fillets holding them along.
Note of advice for future builders, leave the stitches a bit loose and popsicle sticks are super useful for helping to keep the shape. Also don’t forget the bow jig! I ended up undoing the bow after 3 panels and stitching in the jig as there was a bit of twist.
It’s pretty cool how the cockpit and hull panels join up.
Next on the list is putting some fillet tabs on the final hull panel, removing stitches. Complete fillets, fill in stitch holes and fiberglassing the hull!
How did you get bottom panels (D) come together at the bow. My bottom panels at the bow won’t come together enough to be able to stitch. When trying to force it the panels want to slide over/under each other even when stitched together all the way back to frame 1.
You need some extra stitches. Did you cut out the Jig that was provided to help make it straight? You might have to loosen some of the stitches you did already to get it to all come together.
Be patient, come back in a day or 2 the wood will kind of be more “relaxed” in the position you had it in.
Also put the stitches in loosely while the panels are still closed. When you open the “book” the shape should gently come into shape with a couple of pops.
it also helps if you have some spacers between the panels and the stitches, and some spacers between the panels. Generally its preferred to not have the panels touching each other. So popsicle sticks are great for that.