Fairing is a lot of work whether you do it to a plug or do it to a hull.
The quality of the final product will only be as good as the original
pattern but the pattern has to be a lot better to make up for things that
can happen building the mold and laying up the hull. As long as your lines
are fair on the station molds getting a professional surface on a pair of
one off hulls is not a lot more work than fairing the plug and preping the
mold. Unless you have a lot of experience a lot can go wrong with a
plug/mold process. The mold can warp during handling, the release agent can
fail and anything wrong with the plug will be duplicated is anything build
from the mold.

--
Glenn Ashmore

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"Jens" wrote
As you say on the site, boatbuilding isn't about money, it's about
creating something. I will not be satisfied unless my final result is
looking fair and shiny, like a pro build boat. Thus my thoughts about
building a female mold for the hull. But if an equal quality can be
obtained by building a male mold/plug and then fairing the outside of the
hull to a pro result, this could be a way of doing it. So this method also
has to be considered by me.

Can you tell me if i can expect as nice a result with your suggested
method as with a female mold and, in short, describe the methods/materials
used to achieve this. I fear, that fairing a hull build on a male mold is
quite demanding (sanding, filling and so on). Please tell me i'm wrong.

I still would like to read more about how to make a plug for building a
female mold, i.e. workprocess, materials etc. So if anyone has a link to
pages where this method is descibed, i still would like to study this
before desiding which way to go.