Welcome on Duyfken,
I changed printers and spent some time learnig how "to treat" new colours. That is why some identical colours are not identical
. But finally small progress can be presented.
I glued the colour layer of planks. It is only a paper of 180g/m2 without any additional cardboard to make it thicker. Before cutting off planks I smeared the other side of paper with water-based wood glue. Thanks to that planks bent across according to shapes of frames. It is much easier to avoid chinks between planks and to "level" adjacent edges. All parts fitted well and the bottom part of the hull looks great. I am always too critical about my models, but now I am really satisfied with this part of the hull.
Above the water line I will add more stripes as well as channels and the rest of "white cracks" will be covered.
Best
Tomek