At long last I have been able to start my build and have started with the hull frame.
Evewrything was going smoothly until I came to issue No:8, when I found that I had 2 bits of 20b and no 21b. I fitted this into the hull frame but found it was fractionally short, so got onto DeAg today and they are sending another issue 8. Here are some pic's to show my progress.
TIS

Have not done anything much due to ostereosis of the spine between my shoulder blades which prevents me from bending over my work table for too long. Am undergoin further tests to determine the extent of it and then will have the relevant medication to remedy it, hopefully?
Here are my attempts so far and I seem to have hit a snag or two. Hopefully, someone will be able to shed some light on where I have gone wrong and I hope that you Tomick will be better qualified as to what I can do??

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When I came to start the lower planking of the hull around the bow, I found that the gap between the 1st three planks was just 1mm, so just carried on in the usual way, tapering those planks as I went. My question is: What do I do next? Do I carry out the procedure issue 32, page 12 from step !?
MY next problem is at the stern as you can see from the pic's:



When checking my model against Issue 33, I find that I somewhere, have gone wrong because you can see, I have gone further round with too few planks? Now, will I be able to get round this, or will I have to bite the bullet and strip those three planks out and start again??? Any suggestions ship mates.
Enjoying my build immensly but getting frustrated because I can only do a little at a time.
TIS (in a tiswas!!!)

Hi,
I had much the same problem and despite removing the planks several times could not get them to lie correctley as per the instructions given.
After about a week of flustration decided on some drastic action.
You will possibly find that the next plank over laps the first three by some margin,
Mine did and I removed the planks and tapered them all to suit, but this made them pointy at the end and did not look right.My solution was to very slowly trim the first three layers back to where the overlaping plank lay in order that further planks would follow in line. Picture attached, this is a close up showing the join which when sanded will be OK. Repeat on other side and you should be fine and dandy.
I know this is not strictly to the book but other than stripping all the planking back and refairing the stern section could not see any other way.
I hope this is of some help.
Happy building
CMB

The stern strips appear have not been tapered, and the last of the strips appears not to be seated at the frame side.

If you want to avoid a strip you could do as CMB suggests, or strip and re-look at the stern fairing then re-lay, but ensuring there is adequate taper for them to sit neatly upon the transom, and don't let the any planking shortfall gap beneath the gallery get any wider than 2mm.

thankyou guys for your input. Will strip out the two problem planks and start again. Any views on what I have done and what needs to be done at the bow?
TIS

Thankyou Karl, will look at Bennys good work. Will follow your idea, on my next layer (fourth) will work with the dropper and hope it works out.
TIS