OK - Dave's post earlier shamed me into doing the last tweaking, and taking a test cut and some pictures of the shoulder plane kit I worked on at the Neander Meander...finished 90% of it there, but didn't really get back to it till yesterday evening due to other pressing matters...
Definately a good first plane kit if you are just starting out, and it resulted in a very satisfying plane that will see a lot of use...this is the 1 1/2" shoulder plane that fills in the large shoulder requirement and allows me to leave the old Stanley 94 that was my fathers, on the shelf...and this feels and works a whole bunch better!!
I've included a picture of the parts as received, the sides roughly fitted, and a couple of completed pics. Not as tough a kit to build as Dave's smoother, but a really terrific project!!
Roger