Further progress with Planking. Found I had to adjust some frames by filing or by fitting spacers to allow the planks to Flow naturally. I did not need to soften the Planking.

Planking complete , hull then sanded using a bit of elbow grease.
Hull then given a light coat of car filler then sanded, more elbow grease then second go of filling imperfections and sanding again.
The dust produced requires wearing of a dust mask and a lot of hoovering.
After sanding, given one coat of primer, then will go over the hull again checking for imperfections.

Decided to put on a first top coat from the keel to the water line. Dimension taken from drawing. This may have to be adjusted later.
Cut hull away from mounting board, and surprise, very light hull.
Pleased to find that the deck beams, look at the right height.
Cleaned up tops of frames.

Painted inside the hull using resin to ensure it's going to be watertight.
Started fitting decks, however this highlighted an omission in the construction of the hull. I should have fitted a beam at deck level to enable support of the deck edges. I will have to infill with sections of wood.
Also I got carried away with the waterproofing and took it too high above the deck line. Have spent ages scraping it off. POOK!!!

Some further progress,
Decks made from 2mm plywood. Used biro to marked the planking then coloured red using water down acrylic paint then a top coat of varnish. Normal would have planked on top of deck but don't have any so this will have to do.
having to modify the stern a bit to allow fitting of the rudder.
Just waiting for paint to arrive to finish hull. Went to Halford to buy it but it was very busy. Thought better of it and ordered on line.

Had to do a bit of research on what a capstan for a fishing drifter like the Zulu would use. The Scottish fishing museum provided some answers. Amazing the provision of power was provided by a stand alone boiler which provided steam to the capstan. Two piston cylinders mounted under the top cover of the capstan provided the rotational power. Before this the nets , up to 2miles had to be pulled in by hand. No brainier for the owner to install this rig.
My model capstan was made from, bits of wooden blinds, and a bit of patience. I ended making two, just in case.
Found it quite fun to do.

Made out of the left overs from other projects

Making and fitting has been a real challenge, Making the brass parts and fitting took a few drills, a bucket of patience, and a lot of searching the floor for dropped bits.
However it's fitted now, just a wee clean up and painting.
I have some ideas on how to fit the steering servo, basically keep it the same as the real thing using push rods to pull/push the rudder chains.
The fitting of the prop was easy enough but had to modify the rudder to stop it fouling the prop.

Some progress has been made, Decks fitted,etc. Fairly straight forward.You will note that gratings have been made as per the plans but I am not entirely sure what their purpose is. Also the plan show that the gratings are level with the top of the bulwark.
I have tried to research this with little success however having watched a video on drifter fishing the main hold held the miles of nets, floats and ropes there these gratings held the fish before putting them in the hold through hatches in the gratings.
Any thoughts out there?

Thought I would tryout my idea for steering. Well it seems to work ok but there is a bit of snatching of the chain.