Six jours: so glad to have one more Rohloff in the LD fold! I saw a guy just last week with a Rohloff (the only other one in town I've ever seen). We exchanged greetings and then he asked: How do you like your Rohloff? The only response I could give him was: "I'll never go back." Then traffic separated us.
You're also right that it has not been an easy task finding non-standard Rohloff builds. Probably because they're non-standard. There are several sites with good pictures dedicated to IGHs, including the Yahoo! IGH group (at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Geared_hub_bikes/ ). For my part, I've posted bunches of photos of my specific CX-bike Rohloff build at:
https://picasaweb.google.com/pwdeegan/TwoWheelsGood
The noise is largely a non-issue. On my build the bike runs silent except for the classic 7th gear hum; but I'm rarely in 7th gear unless I'm gearing down for a hill, or up for more speed—it's a purely transitional gear for me. I've had many people in my cycle club actually comment on how quiet the Rohloff is (compared to various "angry bee" freewheel hubs). The gear range is also pure joy.
I'm curious though, are you using the OEM2 axle plate for the anti-torque? Did you get a Rohloff-specific dropout for that?