Fortunately this is a 'double plank on bulkhead model'. This means that the first layer of planking only serves to shape the hull along the bulkheads which you can see in the first two images posted. The first layer of planking is done using 1 mm thick planks which are moistened and then twisted and glued to the bulkheads. It requires quite lot of twisting of the planks along the hull at keel/stern (which is vertical) to the planks along the hull where they are flat.

It took me a while to work out how to shape and form the planks, work out what the best glue to use is as well as how to clamp everything whilst the glue dries.

This image shows the sanded first planking stage with some wood filler also used where I did not manage to get the adjacent planks flat against each other. Not visually a very attractive model at this stage but the shape turned out OK