Hull Panels Stitched Together

It's taken me almost two more weeks, but I've finally completed drilling all of the hull panels and have them stitched together.  This has been a time consuming effort for me.  Altogether, nearly 500 wire stitches completed.  Here are some picture showing the progression.

Above shows the #1 L&R keel seam hull panels stitched together, with the center temporary frame loosely attached.

Here, I have the #2 L&R panels stitched to the #1 panels.

And this one shows the #3 L&R panels stitched to the #2 panels.  Starting to look like a boat!

And finally, the #4 L&R panels attached.

I've also stitched together the bow and stern end sections.  I think I was supposed to be doing this with each panel installation, but didn't figure that out until I had all the panels for the hull attached.  Wasn't that clear to me in the instructions.

I've also securely wired the center temporary frame to the hull.  Next step will be to install (wire stitch) the bow and stern temporary frames and then go over all the "inward" stitches to tighten them.  And then begin the gluing the inside of the keel seam.