Not much progress lately due to one thing or another.
However, got some paint on the hull and the wooden main deck in place. Fitting the deck isn't without it's problems. The deck is sandwiched between the plastic deck and the vertical surfaces adjacent to it, the locations for the next part of the assembly are less than 1mm high, so not much to glue to, hence the styrene strips to provide some surface area.
Not a criticism, just an observation but as you would expect, the wood isn't a perfect fit so some careful trimming with a sharp scalpel blade is needed to get it to sit down as it should.
Haddock.